Jack Bickham

Jack Miles Bickham (September 2, 1930 – July 25, 1997) was an American author who wrote 75 published novels, of which two were made into movies, The Apple Dumpling Gang and Baker's Hawk.

Life

Jack Bickham was born September 2, 1930, in Columbus, Ohio. He was an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma's H.H. Herbert School of Journalism in Norman, Oklahoma, from 1969 to 1972, associate professor from 1972 to 1979, and full professor in 1979. He directed the annual short course on professional writing from 1973 to 1990. Bickham received the rank of David Ross Boyd Professor, the highest honor the university can bestow for teaching excellence. He died at Norman Regional Hospital following a lengthy battle with lymphoma.

Literary career

Jack M. Bickham wrote over 75 published novels, some under just his first and middle name, John Miles, as well as the thirteen books of the

• Gunman's Gamble (1958 ACE Double D-308 with Draw and Die! by Roy Manning)
• Feud Fury (1959 ACE Double D-384 with Mountain Ambush by Louis Trimble)
• Killer's Paradise (1959 ACE Double D-442 with Rider of Rincon by Rod Patterson)
• The Useless Gun (1960 ACE Double D-462 with The Long Fuse by John A. Latham)
• Hangman's Territory (1961 ACE Double D-510 with The Searching Rider by Harry Whittington)
• Gunmen Can't Hide (1961 ACE Double F-120 with Come In Shooting by John Callahan)
• Katie, Kelly and Heck
• Dopey Dan
• Jilly's Canal
• The Apple Dumpling Gang
• Decker's Campaign
• Target: Charity Ross
• The War on Charity Ross
• The Padre Must Die
• Tiebreaker (Brad Smith #1)
• Dropshot (Brad Smith #2)
• Overhead (Brad Smith #3)
• Breakfast at Wimbledon (Brad Smith #4)
• Double Fault (Brad Smith #5)
• The Davis Cup Conspiracy (Brad Smith #6)
• The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes (1992, Writer's Digest Books,
  ISBN 0-89879-821-3
  )
• Baker's Hawk (1974 Doubleday & Company,
  ISBN 0-385-05724-5
  )
• Scene & Structure: How to construct fiction with scene-by-scene flow, logic and readability (1993, Writer's Digest Books,
  ISBN 0-89879-551-6
  )
• Writing the Short Story - A Hands-On Program (1994, Writer's Digest Books
  ISBN 978-0898796704
  )

External links

• Bibliography of Jack M. Bickham