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Bill Crider

Bill Crider is a highly regarded American author, best known for his mystery, western, and horror novels, as well as his children's books. His work has been well-received in the literary world, and he has won numerous awards for his writing, including the Anthony Award for Best First Novel in 1987.

Before becoming a novelist, Crider had a successful career in academia, teaching English at Howard Payne University for over a decade. He later went on to earn his PhD at the University of Texas at Austin. After retiring in 2003, Crider dedicated himself to writing fiction full-time, allowing him to focus on his creative pursuits and build a substantial body of work.

Crider is the author of several popular book series, including The Carl Burns series, Truman Smith series, Stanley Waters Sires, and the Sally Good Sires series. His writing is known for its suspenseful and gripping storylines, which keep readers on the edge of their seats and eager for more. With a career spanning many years and many successful books to his name, Bill Crider has established himself as a prominent and respected figure in the world of American literature.
Sheriff Dan Rhodes Books
# Title Year
1 Too Late to Die 1986
2 Shotgun Saturday Night 1987
3 Cursed to Death 1988
4 Death on the Move 1989
5 Evil at the Root 1990
6 Booked for a Hanging 1992
7 Murder Most Fowl 1994
8 Winning Can Be Murder 1996
9 Death by Accident 1998
10 A Ghost of a Chance 2000
11 A Romantic Way to Die 2001
12 Red, White, and Blue Murder 2003
13 A Mammoth Murder 2006
14 Murder Among the OWLS 2007
15 Of All Sad Words 2008
16 Murder in Four Parts 2009
17 Murder in the Air 2010
18 The Wild Hog Murders 2011
19 Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen 2012
20 Compound Murder 2013
21 Half in Love with Artful Death 2014
22 Between the Living and the Dead 2015
23 Survivors Will Be Shot Again 2016
24 Dead, to Begin With 2017
25 That Old Scoundrel Death 2019
Sheriff Dan Rhodes Collections (with Judy Crider)
# Title Year
1 The Blacklin County Files 2012
Carl Burns Books
# Title Year
1 One Dead Dean 1988
2 Dying Voices 1989
3 A Dangerous Thing 1994
4 Dead Soldiers 2004
Truman Smith Private Eye Books
# Title Year
1 Dead on the Island 1991
2 Gator Kill 1992
3 When Old Men Die 1994
4 The Prairie Chicken Kill 1996
5 Murder Takes a Break 1997
Mike Gonzo Books
# Title Year
1 Mike Gonzo and the Almost Invisible Man 1996
2 Mike Gonzo and the Sewer Monster 1996
3 Mike Gonzo and the UFO Terror 1997
Stanley Waters Books (with Willard Scott)
# Title Year
1 Murder Under Blue Skies 1998
2 Murder in the Mist 1999
Professor Sally Good Books
# Title Year
1 Murder is an Art 1999
2 A Knife In The Back 2002
3 A Bond with Death 2004
Humphrey Bogart Books
# Title Year
1 We'll Always Have Murder 2003
Ted Stephens Books
# Title Year
1 Houston Homicide 2007
2 Mississippi Vivian 2010
Ellie Taine Books
# Title Year
1 Outrage at Blanco 1998
2 Texas Vigilante 1999
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 Ryan Rides Back 1988
2 Keepers of the Beast 1988
3 Galveston Gunman 1988
4 Goodnight Moom 1989
5 Blood Dreams 1989
6 A Time for Hanging 1989
7 Rest in Peace 1990
8 Medicine Show 1990
9 A Vampire Named Fred 1990
10 Just Before Dark 1990
11 Blood Marks 1991
12 The Texas Capitol Murders 1992
13 The Girl Who Wanted to Be Sherlock Holmes 2011
Short Stories/Novellas
# Title Year
1 My Heart Cries For You 1992
2 How I Found a Cat, Lost True Love, and Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo 1995
3 At the Hop 1999
4 Chocolate Moose 2001
5 Death's Brother 2011
6 What a Croc! 2011
7 A Werewolf Named Wayne 2011
8 Cranked 2012
Short Story Collections
# Title Year
1 The Nighttime is the Right Time 1991
2 Raining Willie & Cranked 2012
3 I am a Roving Gambler 2012
4 Eight Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 2017
Adventures of Wishbone Books
# Title Year
1 The Prince and the Pooch 1997
2 Hunchdog of Notre Dame 1997
3 The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle 1997
4 Salty Dog 1997
5 Be a Wolf! 1997
6 Digging Up the Past 1997
7 Robinhound Crusoe 1997
8 Muttketeer! 1997
9 The Pawlioned Paper 1998
10 A Tale of Two Sitters 1998
11 Dog Overboard! 1998
12 A Pup in King Arthur's Court 1998
13 Moby Dog 1998
14 Homer Sweet Homer 1998
15 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Dog 1998
16 The Last of the Breed 1999
17 Digging to the Center of the Earth 1999
18 Terrier of the Lost Mines 1999
19 Gullifur's Travels 1999
20 Ivanhound 2000
21 Huckleberry Dog 2000
The Dead Man Books
# Title Year
1 Face of Evil 2011
2 Ring of Knives 2011
3 Hell In Heaven 2011
4 The Dead Woman 2011
5 The Blood Mesa 2011
6 Kill Them All 2011
7 The Beast Within 2011
8 Fire and Ice 2012
9 Carnival of Death 2012
10 Freaks Must Die 2012
11 Slaves to Evil 2012
12 Midnight Special 2012
13 The Death Match 2012
14 The Black Death 2012
15 The Killing Floor 2012
16 Colder than Hell 2013
17 Evil to Burn 2013
18 Streets of Blood 2013
19 Crucible of Fire 2013
20 The Dark Need 2013
21 The Rising Dead 2013
22 Reborn 2014
Bill Crider Anthologies
# Title Year
1 Obsessions 1991
2 Dark Destiny II: Proprietors of Fate 1991
3 Truth Until Paradox 1994
4 Dark Destiny 1994
5 Partners in Crime 1994
6 How the West Was Read, Volume 2 1996
7 White House Horrors 1996
8 Once Upon a Crime 1998
9 The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1999
10 The Best of the American West II 1999
11 Murder, Mayhem and Mistletoe 2001
12 Death Dines at 8:30 2001
13 The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 2002
14 Murder, My Dear Watson 2002
15 The World\\\'s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 4 2003
16 Cross Plains Universe 2006
17 The Spider Chronicles 2007
18 Many Bloody Returns 2007
19 The Gift of Murder 2009
20 Beat to a Pulp: Round 1 2010
21 Discount Noir 2010
22 Beat to a Pulp: Round 2 2012
23 The Lone Ranger Chronicles 2012
24 Making Story: Twenty-One Writers on How They Plot 2012
25 Wolf Creek: Kiowa Vengeance 2012
26 Showdown at Demon's Drop 2013
27 Wolf Creek: Night of the Assassins 2013
28 The Rising Dead 2013
29 Dead But Not Forgotten 2014
30 The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part II: 1890 to 1895 2015
31 Nine Deadly Lives 2015
32 Tales from the Otherverse 2015
33 Sherlock Holmes The Lady on the Bridge and other Stories 2016
34 The Crime Cafe Short Story Anthology 2016
35 Silent Night, Deadly Night 2016
36 The Further Crossovers of Sherlock Holmes 2017
37 Down & Out: The Magazine Volume 1 Issue 2 2017
38 Down and Out the Magazine, Vol 2, Issue 2 2020