Morton Freedgood
Morton Freedgood (1913 – April 16, 2006) was an American author who wrote The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and many other detective and mystery novels under the pen name John Godey.[1]
Biography
Freedgood was born in
His novel The Wall-to-Wall Trap was published under his own name in 1957. He then began using the pen name John Godey—borrowed from the name of a 19th-century women's magazine—to differentiate his crime novels from his more serious writing.
As Godey, he achieved commercial success with the books A Thrill a Minute With Jack Albany, Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Kill Today and The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome. He saw his Jack Albany stories turned into the 1968
His work was later referenced in the film Reservoir Dogs and Beastie Boys song "Sure Shot".
He died April 16, 2006, in his home in
Bibliography
Published under his pen name John Godey unless otherwise noted.
Year | Title | Type/Notes |
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1947 | Yankee Trader | Novel - historical fiction. Written with his brother Stanley under the pseudonym "Stanley Morton". Published by Sheridan House. |
1947 | The Gun and Mr. Smith | Novel. Published by Doubleday/Crime Club. |
1948 | The Blue Hour | Novel. Published by Doubleday/Crime Club. |
1951 | The Man in Question | Novel. Published by Doubleday/Crime Club. |
1953 | This Year's Death | Novel. Published by Doubleday/Crime Club. |
1957 | The Wall-to-Wall Trap | Novel. Written under his own name. Published by Simon & Schuster. |
1959 | The Clay Assassin | Novel. Published by T.V. Boardman-UK. |
1960 | The Fifth House | Novel. Published by T.V. Boardman-UK. |
1967 | A Thrill a Minute with Jack Albany | Novel. Character Jack Albany. Published by Simon & Schuster. Released as The Reluctant Assassin in 1966 by Robert Hale Ltd-UK. |
1970 | Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Kill Today | Novel. Character Jack Albany. Published by Random House. |
1972 | The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome | Novel. Published by Random House. Basis for the 1989 film Johnny Handsome. |
1973 | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Novel. Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Filmed in 1974. |
1974 | The Crime of the Century and Other Misdemeanors: Recollections of Boyhood | Memoir (of Morton Freedgood under his pen name John Godey). Published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons. |
1976 | The Talisman | Novel. Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. |
1978 | The Snake | Novel. Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. |
1981 | Nella | Novel. Published by Delacorte Press. |
1984 | Fatal Beauty | Novel. Published by Atheneum. |
Notes
- ^ "Morton Freedgood, 93, Author Who Specialized in Crime Fiction, Dies". New York Times. April 22, 2006. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ John Godey Goodreads. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ JOHN GODEY OVERVIEW Fandango Media. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ JOHN GODEY: IN MEMORIAM (1912-2006) by Steve Lewis mysteryfile.com. Retrieved March 12, 2022.