Bill Crider was born in Mexia, Texas

Mexia, Texas

Mexia is a city in Limestone County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,552 at the 2008 census.The city's motto, based on the fact that outsiders tend to mispronounce the name , is "A great place, no matter how you pronounce it."...

. He received an M.A. at the University of North Texas (in Denton). Later, he taught English at Howard Payne University for twelve years, before earning a Ph.D. at the University of Texas, where he wrote a dissertation on the hardboiled detective novel. He then moved to Alvin, Texas with his wife, where he was the Chair of the Division of English and Fine Arts at Alvin Community College. He retired in August 2002 to become a full-time writer.

He is the author of the Professor Sally Good and the Carl Burns mysteries, the Sheriff Dan Rhodes series, the Truman Smith PI series, and wrote three books in the Stone: M.I.A. Hunter

Mark Stone: MIA Hunter

A series of men's adventure novels created and outlined by Stephen Mertz and co-written with Joe R. Lansdale, Michael Newton, and Bill Crider under the pseudonym "Jack Buchanan."-Series listing:*1 - M.I.A. Hunter*2 - Cambodian Hellhole...

 series under the pseudonym "Jack Buchanan." He is also the writer of several westerns and horror novels.

Sheriff Dan Rhodes Series

• Too Late to Die (Walker, 1986; Ivy, 1989) - Winner of the Anthony Award
  Anthony Award
  The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986. The awards are named for Anthony Boucher , one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America....
  
   for Best First Novel
• Shotgun Saturday Night (Walker, 1987; Ivy, 1989)
• Cursed to Death (Walker, 1988; Ivy, 1990)
• Death on the Move (Walker, 1989; Ivy, 1990)
• Evil at the Root (St. Martin's, 1990; Ivy, 1991)
• Booked for a Hanging (St. Martin's, 1992)
• Murder Most Fowl (St. Martin's, 1994)
• Winning Can Be Murder (St. Martin's, 1996; Worldwide, 2000)
• Death by Accident (St. Martin's, 1998; Worldwide, 2000)
• A Ghost of a Chance (St Martins, July 2000; Worldwide, October 2001)
• A Romantic Way to Die (St. Martins, November 2001)
• Red, White, and Blue Murder (St. Martin's, October 2003)
• "The Empty Manger" (Worldwide, November 2001) - novella included in the collection Murder, Mayhem, and Mistletoe
• A Mammoth Murder (St. Martin's, April 2006)
• Murder Among the O.W.L.S. (St. Martin's, January 2007)
• Of All Sad Words (St. Martin's, February 2008)

Carl Burns Series

• One Dead Dean (Walker, l988)
• Dying Voices (St. Martin's, 1989)
• . . . A Dangerous Thing (Walker, 1994; Worldwide, 1996)
• Dead Soldiers (Five Star, June 2004)

Truman Smith Series

• Dead on the Island ( Walker, 1991) - nominated for the Shamus Award
  Shamus Award
  The Shamus Award is awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America for the best detective fiction genre novels and short stories of the year....
  
   for Best First Private Eye Novel
• Gator Kill ( Walker, 1992)
• When Old Men Die (Walker, 1994)
• The Prairie Chicken Kill (Walker, 1996)
• Murder Takes a Break (Walker, 1996)

Stanley Waters Series

(co-authored with Willard Scott

Willard Scott

Willard Herman Scott, Jr. is an American media personality and author best known for his television work on NBC's The Today Show and as the creator of the Ronald McDonald character.-Early years:...

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• Murder under Blue Skies (Dutton, 1998; Onyx, 1999)
• Murder in the Mist (Dutton, 1999; Onyx, 2000)

Sally Good Series

• Murder Is An Art (St. Martin's, 1999)
• A Knife in the Back (St. Martin's, 2002)
• A Bond with Death (St. Martin's, 2004)

Stand-Alone Mystery and Suspense Novels

• Blood Marks (St. Martin's, 1991; Gold Medal, 1993)
• The Texas Capitol Murders (St. Martin's, 1992 )
• Houston Homicide (with Clyde Wilson) (Five Star, December 2007)

House-Name Spy Fiction

• The Coyote Connection (a Nick Carter book, in collaboration with Jack Davis) (Charter, 1981)

Western Novels

• Ryan Rides Back (M. Evans, l988)
• Galveston Gunman (M. Evans, l989)
• A Time for Hanging (M. Evans, 1989)
• Medicine Show (M. Evans, 1990)
• Outrage at Blanco (Dell, 1999)
• Texas Vigilante (Dell, 1999)

Horror Novels

(all published under the pseudonym "Jack MacLane")

• Keepers of the Beast (Zebra, l988)
• Goodnight, Moom (Zebra, l989)
• Blood Dreams (Zebra,1989)
• Rest in Peace (Zebra,1990)
• Just before Dark (Zebra, 1990)

Stone: M.I.A. Hunter Series

(All published under the pseudonym "Jack Buchanan." The entire series was co-written with Stephen Mertz

Stephen Mertz

Stephen Mertz, born May 3, 1947, is an American fiction author who is best known for his mainstream thrillers and novels of suspense. His work covers a wide variety of styles from paranormal dark suspense to historical speculative thrillers and hardboiled noir .His novels have been well-received...

, Michael Newton, and Joe R. Lansdale

Joe R. Lansdale

Joe R. Lansdale is an American author and martial-arts expert. He has written novels and stories in many genres, including Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense...

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• Miami War Zone (Stone: MIA Hunter #10) (Jove, 1988)
• Desert Death Raid (Stone: MIA Hunter #12) (Jove, 1989)
• Back to 'Nam (Stone: MIA Hunter #14) (Jove, 1990)

Books for Young Readers

• A Vampire Named Fred (Temple Books, 1990)
• Muttketeer: A Wishbone Book (Big Red Chair Books, 1997)
• Mike Gonzo and the Sewer Monster (Minstrel.1996)
• Mike Gonzo and the Almost Invisible Man (Minstrel, 1996)
• Mike Gonzo and the UFO Terror (Minstrel, 1997) - Winner of the 1997 Golden Duck Award for Best Juvenile SF Novel

External links

• Blog
• Official website