William H. Hallahan
William Henry Hallahan III (December 12, 1925 – August 21, 2018) was an American
Personal life
Hallahan was born on December 12, 1925, in
Hallahan had a writing career that spanned seven decades. His first job was with Temple University, as a college English instructor, but he soon left to start his business career as a writer and editor of the Boot and Shoe Recorder at
In 1968, Hallahan was sent to the Detroit offices of N.W. Ayer as part of a team to try to save the Plymouth account from leaving N.W. Ayer. The account nonetheless left, and Hallahan joined an ad agency that became Garceau, Hallahan and McCollough. At the same time, he also began to conduct a mail-order copy writing course.
Hallahan began to turn his focus on writing a novel. In early 1971 his wife Marion sent his first novel The Dead of Winter to a literary agent; the book was published in 1972.
Writing career
Hallahan published over twelve books in the mystery, occult and non-fiction genres. His first novel, The Dead of Winter, was nominated by the
His series character Charlie Brewer, the fallen but philosophical CIA spy, first appeared in the Edgar award-winning Catch Me: Kill Me, and continued as the protagonist in The Trade, Foxcatcher and Tripletrap.[4]
Hallahan also was a writer of popular works in history, including his acclaimed work Misfire and his two Revolutionary War books: The Day The Revolution Began: 19 April 1775 and The Day The Revolution Ended.[5]
Selected works[6]
Mysteries
- The Dead of Winter – Nominated for Edgar Allan Poe award for Best First Mystery Novel
- The Ross Forgery
Charlie Brewer series
- Catch Me: Kill Me – Winner, Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Mystery Novel. The first in the Charlie Brewer series
- The Trade
- Foxcatcher
- Tripletrap
- The Baltimore Game (unpublished)
Occult
- The Search for Joseph Tully
- The Monk
- Keeper of the Children
Non-fiction
- Misfire
- The Day the Revolution Began
- The Day the Revolution Ended
Short stories
- The New Tenant, Modern Masters of Horror
- Meet Me at the Grave, Solved 1992
Essays and articles
- I Knew I Couldn’t Win, 1981 Edgar Allan Poe Awards Dinner: Mystery Writers Annual – Special Edgar Award Winners Issue, page 14
- The Making of a Suspense Novelist, The Writer Magazine, March 1982
References
- ^ "William H. Hallahan - Biography". www.williamhhallahan.com. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- ^ "William H. Hallahan - Mysterious Press". mysteriouspress.com. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
- ^ Cook, Bonnie L. "William H. Hallahan, 92, advertising executive and acclaimed mystery writer". inquirer.com. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
- ^ "Tripletrap by William H Hallahan". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
- ^ "The Day the American Revolution Began: 19 April 1775". publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
- ^ "William H. Hallahan - Books". www.williamhhallahan.com. Retrieved 2019-09-16.