Back ጆን ዲ ማክዶናልድ Amharic جون د. ماكدونالد Arabic جون د. ماكدونالد ARZ Con Dann Makdonald Azerbaijani جان دی. مک دونالد AZB Джон Д. Макдоналд Bulgarian John D. MacDonald Czech John D. MacDonald German John D. MacDonald Spanish John D. MacDonald French
John D. MacDonald | |
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| Born | John Dann MacDonald July 24, 1916 Sharon, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | December 28, 1986 (aged 70) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania Syracuse University Harvard University |
| Period | 1945–1986 |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Spouse | Dorothy |
| Children | 1 |
John Dann MacDonald (July 24, 1916 – December 28, 1986) was an American writer of novels and short stories. He is known for his thrillers. A prolific author of crime and suspense novels, many set in his adopted home of Florida, he was one of the most successful American novelists of his time, MacDonald sold an estimated 70 million books.[1] His best-known works include the popular and critically acclaimed Travis McGee series and his 1957 novel The Executioners, which was filmed twice as Cape Fear, once in 1962 and again in 1991.
- ^ Merrill, Hugh (2000). The Red Hot Typewriter: The Life and Times of John D. MacDonald. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur. ISBN 978-0-312-20905-6.