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Clayton Hartley Matthews
Born(1918-10-24)October 24, 1918
DiedMarch 25, 2004(2004-03-25) (aged 85)
Pen nameClayton Matthews
Occupationnovelist
NationalityAmerican
Period1958–1998
Genremystery, erotic, romance
Spouse(2) Patricia Matthews (1972–2004)

Clayton Hartley Matthews (24 October 1918 – 25 March 2004) was an American writer of mystery, erotic and romance novels, with more than 35 books and many short stories as Clayton Matthews. He often collaborated with his wife, writer Patricia Matthews (Patty Brisco); and they were called "the hottest couple in paperbacks.".

Life

Clayton Hartley Matthews was born on 24 October 1918. He started writing short stories in the late 1950s. He began contributing to the Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine and then turned to writing paperback novels, mostly in the erotic genre, in the early 1960s.

In a California's local writers' group, he met writer Patty Brisco. After his divorce, they married on 3 November 1972, and lived near San Diego. In the late 1970s, his agent Jay Garon, suggested to him and his wife to write romance novels. In the 1980s and 1990s Matthews and his wife collaborated on romance and mystery novels. Matthews died on 25 March 2004.[1]

Bibliography

Short stories

Novels

  • A Rage Of Desire (1960)
  • Discontented Wives (1961)
  • The Strange Ways of Love (1961)
  • Faithless (1962)
  • Sex dancer (1962)
  • The Promiscuous Doll (1962)
  • Nude Running (1963)
  • The Corrupter (1964)
  • Dive into death (1969)
  • The Mendoza File (1970)
  • Nylon Nightmare (1970)
  • Bounty Hunt at Ballarat (1973)
  • The Big Score (1973)
  • The Negotiator (1975)
  • Macho (1976)
  • New Orleans (1976)
  • Hong Kong (1976)
  • Dallas (1978)
  • The Power Seekers (1978)
  • The Harvesters (1979)
  • The Proud Castles (1986)
  • Twister (1986)
  • Death at the Border (1987)

For the Millions Series (multi-author)

  • Hypnotism for the Millions (1968)
  • Secret Psychic Organizations for the Millions (1969)

Moraghan Saga

  1. The Birthright (1979)
  2. The Disinherited (1982)
  3. The Redeemers (1984)

Omnibus in collaboration

  • Hager's Castle (1969) (with Bill Hughes)
  • At The Border (2004) (with Mark Schroder)

In collaboration with Arthur Moore

Novels

  • Las Vegas (1974)

In collaboration with Patricia Matthews

Novels

  • Midnight Whispers (1981)
  • Empire (1982)
  • Midnight Lavender (1985)

Casey Farrell Series

  1. The Scent of Fear (1992)
  2. Vision of Death (1992)
  3. Taste of Evil (1993)
  4. Sound of Murder (1994)
  5. Touch of Terror (1995)

References and sources

  1. ^ Author and Book Info, retrieved 2011-08-26
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