Gil Brewer
Gil Brewer | |
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| Born | Gilbert Brewer November 20, 1922 Canandaigua, New York, United States |
| Died | January 9, 1983 (aged 60) St. Petersburg, Florida, United States |
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime |
Gilbert "Gil" Brewer was an American novel and short story author.[1] He was born November 20, 1922 in Canandaigua, New York.[citation needed]
After leaving the army at the end of World War II, Brewer joined his family who had settled in St. Petersburg, Florida.[citation needed] There he met Verlaine in 1947 and married her soon after. Brewer started by writing serious novels, but soon turned to pulp paperbacks after a sale to Gold Medal Books in 1950. At one point, he had five books on the stands. Unwilling to promote himself, his career took a turn for the worse after a mental breakdown, and a long decline into alcoholism.[citation needed] Brewer died on January 9, 1983.[citation needed]
Works
Novels
- Satan Is a Woman (Gold Medal - 1951)
- So Rich, So Dead (Gold Medal - 1951)
- 13 French Street (Gold Medal - 1951)
- Flight to Darkness (Gold Medal - 1952)
- Hell's Our Destination (Gold Medal - 1953)
- A Killer Is Loose (Gold Medal - 1954)
- Some Must Die (Gold Medal - 1954)
- 77 Rue Paradis (Gold Medal - 1954)
- The Squeeze (Ace Double - 1955)
- And the Girl Screamed (Crest - 1956)
- The Angry Dream (Mystery House - 1957)
- The Brat (Gold Medal - 1957)
- Little Tramp (Crest - 1957)
- The Bitch (Avon - 1958)
- The Red Scarf (Mystery House - 1958)
- Wild (Crest - 1958)
- The Vengeful Virgin (Crest - 1958)
- Wild to Possess (Monarch - 1959)
- Angel (Avon - 1959)
- Sugar (Avon - 1959)
- The Girl from Hateville (Zenith - 1959)
- Nude on Thin Ice (Avon - 1960)
- Backwoods Teaser (Gold Medal - 1960)
- The Three-Way Split (Gold Medal - 1960)
- Play it Hard (Monarch - 1960)
- Appointment in Hell (Monarch - 1961)
- A Taste for Sin (Berkley - 1961)
- Memory of Passion (Lancer - 1962)
- The Hungry One (Gold Medal - 1966)
- The Tease (Banner - 1967)
- Sin for Me (Banner - 1967)
- It Takes a Thief #1 The Devil in Davos (Ace - 1969)
- It Takes a Thief #2 Mediterranean Caper (Ace - 1969)
- It Takes a Thief #3 Appointment in Cairo (Ace - 1970)
Short Story Collections
- Redheads Die Quickly and Other Stories (University Press of Florida - October 7, 2012)
References
- ^ Morgan, Chris (2013-08-04). "The Brutalist: A Gil Brewer Retrospective". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
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