Bibliography of Evan Hunter

Evan Hunter was a prolific American author and screenwriter. Though he was a successful and well-known writer using the Evan Hunter name, he was perhaps even better known as Ed McBain, a name he used for most of his crime fiction beginning in 1956.

Bibliography as Evan Hunter

Novels

*"The Evil Sleep!" (1952)
*"Don't Crowd Me" (1953)
*"The Blackboard Jungle (novel)" (1954)
*"Second Ending" (1956)
*"Strangers When We Meet" (1958)
*"A Matter of Conviction" (1959)
*"Mothers And Daughters" (1961)
*"Buddwing" (1964)
*"The Paper Dragon" (1966)
*"A Horse's Head" (1967)
*"Last Summer (novel)" (1968)
*Sons (1969)
*"Nobody Knew They Were There" (1971)
*"Every Little Crook And Nanny" (1972)
*"Come Winter" (1973)
*"Streets Of Gold" (1974)
*"" (1976)
*"Walk Proud" (1979)
*"Love, Dad" (1981)
*"Far From The Sea" (1983)
*"Lizzie" (1984)
*"Criminal Conversation" (1994)
*"Privileged Conversation" (1996)
*"Candyland" (2000) (Credited to Evan Hunter and Ed McBain)
*"The Moment She Was Gone" (2002)

Short stories

*"The Jungle Kids (Short Stories)" (1956)
*"On the Sidewalk Bleeding" (1957)
*"The Last Spin & Other Stories" (1960)
*"Happy New Year, Herbie" (1963)
*"The Easter Man (a Play) And Six Stories" (1972)
*"Seven (novel)"(1972)
*"The McBain Brief (Short Stories)" (1982)
*"The Best American Mystery Stories" (2000)
*"Barking at Butterflies & Other Stories" (2000)
*"Running from Legs" (2000)

Plays

*"The Easter Man" (1964)
*"The Conjuror" (1969)

Screenplays

* Note: his novel "King's Ransom" was adapted for "High and Low" (1963) by Akira Kurosawa
*"Strangers When We Meet" (1960)
*"The Birds" (1963)
*"Fuzz" (1972)
*"Walk Proud" (1979)

Teleplays

*"The Chisholms" (1979)
*"The Legend Of Walks Far Woman" (1980)
*"Dream West" (1986)

Children's books

*"Find The Feathered Serpent" (1952)
*"The Remarkable Harry" (1959)
*"The Wonderful Button" (1961)
*"Me And Mr. Stenner" (1965)

Autobiographical

*"Me & Hitch!" (1997)
*"Let's Talk" (2005)

Bibliography as Ed McBain

Novels

* "The Big Fix" (1952)
* "The April Robin Murders" (with Craig Rice) (1958)
* "Death of a Nurse" (1964) (Originally published in 1955 as "Murder in the Navy" by Richard Marsten)
* "The Sentries" (1965)
* "Where There's Smoke" (1975)
* "Doors" (1975) (initially credited to Ezra Hannon, later reissued as by Ed McBain)
* "Guns" (1976)
* "Another Part of the City" (1986)
* "Downtown" (1991)
* "Driving Lessons" (2000)
* "Candyland" (2000) (Credited to Evan Hunter and Ed McBain)
* "The Gutter and the Grave" (2005) (revised edition of "I'm Cannon — For Hire", originally published as by Curt Cannon)

The 87th Precinct mysteries

*"Cop Hater" (1956)
*"The Mugger" (1956)
*"The Pusher" (1956)
*"The Con Man" (1957)
*"Killer's Choice" (1957)
*"Killer's Payoff" (1958)
*"Lady Killer" (1958)
*"Killer's Wedge" (1959)
*"'til Death" (1959)
*"King's Ransom" (1959)
*"Give the Boys a Great Big Hand" (1960)
*"The Heckler" (1960)
*"See Them Die" (1960)
*"Lady, Lady I Did It" (1961)
*"The Empty Hours" (1962)
*"Like Love" (1962)
*"Ten Plus One" (1963)
*"Ax" (1964)
*"He Who Hesitates" (1964)
*"Doll" (1965)
*"80 Million Eyes" (1966)
*"Fuzz" (1968)
*"Shotgun" (1969)
*"Jigsaw" (1970)
*"Hail, Hail the Gang's All Here" (1971)
*"Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man" (1972)
*"Sadie When She Died" (1972)
*"Hail to the Chief" (1973)
*"Bread" (1974)
*"Blood Relatives" (1975)
*"So Long as You Both Shall Live" (1976)
*"Long Time No See" (1977)
*"Calypso" (1979)
*"Ghosts" (1980)
*"Heat" (1981)
*"Ice" (1983)
*"Lightning" (1984)
*"Eight Black Horses" (1985)
*"Poison" (1987)
*"Tricks" (1987)
*"McBain's Ladies (Short Stories)" (1988)
*"Lullaby" (1989)
*"Vespers" (1990)
*"Widows" (1991)
*"McBain's Ladies, Too (Short Stories)" (1992)
*"Kiss" (1992)
*"Mischief" (1993)
*"And All Through the House" (1994)
*"Romance" (1995)
*"Nocturne" (1997)
*"The Big Bad City" (1999)
*"The Last Dance" (2000)
*"Money, Money, Money" (2001)
*"Fat Ollie's Book" (2002)
*"The Frumious Bandersnatch" (2003)
*"Hark!" (2004)
*"Fiddlers" (2005)

The Matthew Hope mysteries

*"Goldilocks (novel)" (1978)
*"Rumpelstiltskin (novel)" (1981)
*"Beauty & The Beast" (1982)
*"Jack & The Beanstalk" (1984)
*"Snow White & Rose Red" (1985)
*"Cinderella (novel)" (1986)
*"Puss in Boots (novel)" (1987)
*"The House that Jack Built (novel)" (1988)
*"Three Blind Mice (novel)" (1990)
*"Mary, Mary (Evan Hunter novel)" (1992)
*"There was a little girl" (1994)
*"Gladly the cross-eyed bear" (1996)
*"The Last Best Hope" (1998)

The Woman in Jeopardy mysteries

* "Alice in Jeopardy" (2005)
* "Becca in Jeopardy" (Near completion at the time of Hunter's death. Completion by a third party and subsequent publication still undetermined)

Bibliography (Various)

as Curt Cannon

*"Deadlier than the Mail (story)" (1953)
*"Good Deal (story)" (1953)
*"Dead Men Don't Scream (story)" (1958)
*"The Death of Me (story)" (1958)
*"Die Hard (story)" (1958)
*"I'm Cannon - For Hire (novel)" (1958)
*"Now Die in It (story)" (1958)
*"I Like 'Em Tough (short stories)" (1958)

as Richard Marsten

(Hunter has acknowledged that the name Richard Marsten was derived from the names of his sons Richard, Mark, and Ted.)
* "" (1953)
* "Rocket to Luna" (1953)
* "Runaway Black!" (1954) (Republished as by Ed McBain)
* "Murder in the Navy" (1955) (Republished in 1964 as "Death of a Nurse" by Ed McBain)
* "Vanishing Ladies!" (1957) (Republished as by Ed McBain)
* "The Spiked Heel!" (1957)
* "Even The Wicked!" (1958) (Republished as by Ed McBain)
* "Big Man!" (1959) (Republished as by Ed McBain)

as Hunt Collins

* "Cut Me In" (1954)
* "Tomorrow's World" (1956)
* "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" (1957, republished by Sphere as by Ed McBain)
* "Sucker" (1958)

as Ezra Hannon

* "Doors (novel)" (1975)

as John Abbott

* "Scimitar (novel)" (1992)

Complete chronological bibliography

1952

*"Find The Feathered Serpent" (children's book by Evan Hunter)
* "The Big Fix" (novel by Ed McBain)
*"The Evil Sleep!" (novel by Evan Hunter)

1953

*"Don't Crowd Me" (novel by Evan Hunter)
*"Deadlier than the Mail (story)" ( by Curt Cannon)
*"Good Deal (story)" (by Curt Cannon)
* "" (by Richard Marsten)
* "Rocket To Luna!" (by Richard Marsten)

1954

*"The Blackboard Jungle (novel)" (novel by Evan Hunter)
* "Runaway Black!" (by Richard Marsten) (Republished as by Ed McBain)
* "Cut Me In" (by Hunt Collins)

1955

* "Murder in the Navy" (by Richard Marsten) (Republished in 1964 as "Death of a Nurse" by Ed McBain)

1956

*"Second Ending" (novel by Evan Hunter)
*"The Jungle Kids (Short Stories)" (by Evan Hunter)
*"Cop Hater" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"The Mugger" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"The Pusher" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
* "Tomorrow's World (novel)" (by Hunt Collins)

1957

*"On The Sidewalk Bleeding" (short story by Evan Hunter)
*"The Con Man" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"Killer's Choice" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
* "Vanishing Ladies!" (by Richard Marsten) (Republished as by Ed McBain)
* "The Spiked Heel!" (by Richard Marsten)
* "Tomorrow And Tomorrow" (by Hunt Collins, republished by Sphere as by Ed McBain)

1958

*"Strangers When We Meet" (by Evan Hunter)
* "The April Robin Murders" (with Craig Rice) (novel by Ed McBain)
*"Killer's Payoff" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"Lady Killer" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"Dead Men Don't Scream (story)" (by Curt Cannon)
*"The Death of Me (story)" (by Curt Cannon)
*"Die Hard (story)" (by Curt Cannon)
*"I'm Cannon - For Hire (novel)" (by Curt Cannon)
*"Now Die in It (story)" (by Curt Cannon)
*"I Like 'Em Tough (short stories)" (by Curt Cannon)
* "Even The Wicked!" (by Richard Marsten) (Republished as by Ed McBain)
* "Sucker (novel)" (by Hunt Collins)

1959

*"A Matter of Conviction" (novel by Evan Hunter)
*"The Remarkable Harry" (children's book by Evan Hunter)
*"Killer's Wedge" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"'til Death" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"King's Ransom" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
* "Big Man!" (by Richard Marsten) (Republished as by Ed McBain)

1960

*"The Last Spin & Other Stories" (by Evan Hunter)
*"Strangers When We Meet" (screenplay by Evan Hunter)
*"Give the Boys a Great Big Hand" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"The Heckler" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"See Them Die" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1961

*"Mothers And Daughters" (novel by Evan Hunter)
*"The Wonderful Button" (children's book by Evan Hunter)
*"Lady, Lady I Did It" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1962

*"The Empty Hours" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"Like Love" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1963

*"Happy New Year, Herbie" (short stories by Evan Hunter)
*"The Birds" (screenplay by Evan Hunter)
*"Ten Plus One" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1964

*"Buddwing" (novel by Evan Hunter)
*"The Easter Man" (play by Evan Hunter)
* "Death of a Nurse" (novel by Ed McBain) (Originally published in 1955 as "Murder in the Navy" by Richard Marsten)
*"Ax" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"He Who Hesitates" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1965

*"Me And Mr. Stenner" (children's book by Evan Hunter)
* "The Sentries" (novel by Ed McBain)
*"Doll" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1966

*"The Paper Dragon" (novel by Evan Hunter)
*"80 Million Eyes" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1967

*"A Horse's Head" (novel by Evan Hunter)

1968

*"Last Summer (novel)" (novel by Evan Hunter)
*"Fuzz" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1969

*Sons (novel by Evan Hunter)
*"The Conjuror" (play by Evan Hunter)
*"Shotgun" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1970

*"Jigsaw" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1971

*"Nobody Knew They Were There" (novel by Evan Hunter)
*"Hail, Hail the Gang's All Here" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1972

*"Every Little Crook And Nanny" (novel by Evan Hunter)
*"The Easter Man (a Play) And Six Stories" (by Evan Hunter)
*"Seven (novel)"(by Evan Hunter)
*"Fuzz" (screenplay by Evan Hunter)
*"Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"Sadie When She Died" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1973

*"Come Winter" (novel by Evan Hunter)
*"Hail to the Chief" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1974

*"Streets Of Gold" (novel by Evan Hunter)
*"Bread" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1975

* "Where There's Smoke" (novel by Ed McBain)
* "Doors" (novel by Ed McBain) (initially credited to Ezra Hannon, later reissued as by Ed McBain)
*"Blood Relatives" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
* "Doors (novel)" (by Ezra Hannon)

1976

*"" (novel by Evan Hunter)
* "Guns" (novel by Ed McBain)
*"So Long as You Both Shall Live" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1977

*"Long Time No See" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1978

*"Goldilocks (novel)" (novel by Ed McBain)

1979

*"Walk Proud" (novel by Evan Hunter)
*"Walk Proud" (screenplay by Evan Hunter)
*"The Chisholms" (teleplay by Evan Hunter
*"Calypso" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1980

*"The Legend Of Walks Far Woman" (teleplay by Evan Hunter)
*"Ghosts" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1981

*"Love, Dad" (novel by Evan Hunter)
*"Heat" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"Rumpelstiltskin (novel)" (novel by Ed McBain)

1982

*"The McBain Brief (Short Stories)" (by Evan Hunter)
*"Beauty & The Beast" (novel by Ed McBain)

1983

*"Far From The Sea" (novel by Evan Hunter)
*"Ice" (87th precint novel by Ed McBain)

1984

*"Lizzie" (novel by Evan Hunter)
*"Lightning" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"Jack & The Beanstalk" (novel by Ed McBain)

1985

*"Eight Black Horses" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"Snow White & Red Rose" (novel by Ed McBain)

1986

*"Dream West" (teleplay by Evan Hunter)
* "Another Part of the City" (novel by Ed McBain)
*"Cinderella (novel)" (novel by Ed McBain)

1987

*"Poison" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"Tricks" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"Puss in Boots (novel)" (novel by Ed McBain)

1988

*"McBain's Ladies" (87th Precinct short stories by Ed McBain)
*"The House that Jack Built (novel)" (novel by Ed McBain)

1989

*"Lullaby" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1990

*"Vespers" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"Three Blind Mice (novel)" (novel by Ed McBain)

1991

* "Downtown" (novel by Ed McBain)
*"Widows" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1992

*"McBain's Ladies, Too" (87th Precinct short stories by Ed McBain)
*"Kiss" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"Mary, Mary (novel)" (novel by Evan Hunter)
* "Scimitar (novel)" (by John Abbott)

1993

*"Mischief" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1994

*"Criminal Conversation" (novel by Evan Hunter)
*"And All Through the House" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"There was a little girl" (novel by Ed McBain)

1995

*"Romance" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1996

*"Privileged Conversation" (novel by Evan Hunter)
*"Gladly the cross-eyed bear" (novel by Ed McBain)

1997

*"Me & Hitch!" (autobiographical by Evan Hunter)
*"Nocturne" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

1998

*"The Last Best Hope" (novel by Ed McBain)

1999

*"The Big Bad City" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

2000

*"Candyland" (novel by Evan Hunter and Ed McBain)
*"The Best American Mystery Stories" (by Evan Hunter)
*"Barking at Butterflies & Other Stories" (by Evan Hunter)
*"Running from Legs"(by Evan Hunter)
* "Driving Lessons" (novel by Ed McBain)
*"The Last Dance" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

2001

*"Money, Money, Money" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

2002

*"The Moment She Was Gone" (novel by Evan Hunter)
*"Fat Ollie's Book" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

2003

*"The Frumious Bandersnatch" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)

2004

*"Hark!" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
*"Tony save me!"

2005

*"Let's Talk" (autobiographical by Evan Hunter)
*"Fiddlers" (87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain)
* "The Gutter and the Grave" (novel by Ed McBain) (revised edition of "I'm Cannon — For Hire", originally published as by Curt Cannon)
* "Alice in Jeopardy" (novel by Ed McBain)
* "Transgressions" (collection of crime novellas by various authors edited by Ed McBain)
* "Merely Hate" (87th Precinct novella by Ed McBain, collected in "Transgressions")

2006

* "Learning to Kill" (short story collection by Ed McBain, published posthumously, featuring works written 1952-57)

Uncompleted works

* "Becca in Jeopardy" (near completion at the time of Hunter's death. Completion by a third party and subsequent publication still undetermined)