Donald Bain is a United States author and ghostwriter

Ghostwriter

A ghostwriter is a professional writer who is paid to write books, articles, stories, reports, or other texts that are officially credited to another person. Celebrities, executives, and political leaders often hire ghostwriters to draft or edit autobiographies, magazine articles, or other written...

, having written over 80 books in his 40-year career. A graduate of Purdue University

Purdue University

Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...

, he is the recipient of many writing awards. Bain is a professional jazz musician as well as a writer. He is married to Renée Paley-Bain, who is also a writer. Bain has two daughters, Laurie Bain Wilson (who is also a writer and author) and Pamela Bain Shippee (who is a teacher), and four grandsons, Alexander Bain Wilson, Zachary Shippee, Jake Shippee, and Luke Shippee. Bain's great-grandfather, Cornelius (Con) Daily was a major league baseball player.

The Coffee, Tea or Me?

Coffee, Tea or Me?

Coffee, Tea or Me? is a book of alleged memoirs by Trudy Baker and Rachel Jones written "with" Donald Bain and first published in 1967. The book depicts the anecdotal lives of two lusty young fictional stewardesses...

 series

byline: Trudy Baker and Rachel Jones

• Coffee, Tea or Me? (1967)
• The Coffee Tea or Me Girls’ Round-the-World Diary (1970)
• The Coffee Tea or Me Girls Lay It on the Line (1972)
• The Coffee Tea or Me Girls Get Away From it All (1974)

The Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...

 series

byline: Jessica Fletcher

Jessica Fletcher

Jessica Fletcher is a fictional character portrayed by veteran Tony-winning actress Angela Lansbury on the American television series Murder, She Wrote...

 and Donald Bain

• Gin and Daggers (1st edition) (1989)
• Manhattans and Murder (1994)
• Rum and Razors (1995)
• Brandy and Bullets (1995)
• Martinis and Mayhem (1995)
• A Deadly Judgment (1996)
• A Palette for Murder (1996)
• The Highland Fling Murders (1997)
• Murder on the QE2 (1997)
• Murder in Moscow (1998)
• A Little Yuletide Murder (1998)
• Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch (1999)
• Knock 'em Dead (1999)
• Gin and Daggers (2nd edition) (2000)
• Trick or Treachery (2000)
• Blood on the Vine (2001)
• Murder in a Minor Key (2001)
• Provence - to Die for (2002)
• You Bet Your Life (2002)

• Majoring in Murder (2003)
• Destination Murder (2003)
• Dying to Retire (2004)
• A Vote for Murder (2004)
• The Maine Mutiny (2005)
• Margaritas and Murder (2005)
• A Question of Murder (2006)
• Three Strikes and You're Dead (2006)
• Coffee, Tea, or Murder? (2007)
• Panning For Murder (2007)
• Murder on Parade (2008)
• A Slaying in Savannah (2008)
• Madison Avenue Shoot (2009)
• A Fatal Feast (2009)
• Nashville Noir (2010)
• The Queen's Jewels (2010)
• Skating on Thin Ice (2011)
• The Fine Art of Murder (2011)
• Trouble at High Tide (2012)
• Domestic Malice (2012)

Various comedies

• Tender Loving Care – byline: Joni Moura & Jackie Sutherland
• Girlpower – byline: Kathy Cole & Donna Bain
• How to Make a Good Airline Stewardess – byline: Cornelius Wohl & Bill Wenzel
• If It Moves, Kiss It – byline: Joni Moura & Jackie Sutherland
• We Gave at the Office – byline: Laura Mills & Pauline Burlick
• Fly Me - byline: Cornelius Wohl & Bill Wenzel
• Teachers Pet – byline: Janet McMillan & Mitzi Sims
• The Casting Couch and Me – byline: Joan Wood
• Wall Street & Broad – byline: Teri Palmer

The J.D. Hardin western series

byline: J.D. Hardin

• Bloody Sands
• The Spirit & the Flesh
• Death Flotilla
• The Lone Star Massacre
• Raider’s Revenge
• Raider’s Hell
• Apache Gold
• Bibles, Bullets & Brides
• Death Lode

Other novels

• The Airport Affair (1975) – byline: David Toma & Jack Pearl
• The Affair of the Unhappy Hooker (1976) – byline: David Toma & Jack Pearl
• Sado Cop (1976) – byline: Nick Vasile
• A Member of the Family (1993) – byline: Nick Vasile
• Raven (1987) – byline: Mike Lundy
• Baby Farm (1987) – byline: Mike Lundy
• Daughter of the Sand (1978) – byline: Pamela South
• The Eagle & the Serpent (1982) – byline: Lee Jackson
• Texas Lily (1987) – byline: Stephanie Blake

Biographies & Autobiographies

• Murder HE Wrote: A Successful Writer's Life (2006) (Autobiography)

Other books

• The Racing Flag (1965) – byline: Bloys Britt & Bill France
• Veronica (1969) – byline: Veronica Lake
• The Case Against Private Aviation (1969) – byline: Donald Bain
• Long John Nebel (1974) – byline: Donald Bain
• The Control of Candy Jones (1976) – byline: Donald Bain
• Club Tropique (1978) – byline: Donald Bain
• War in Illinois (1978) – byline: Donald Bain
• Charlie & the Shawneetown Dame (2004) – byline: Donald Bain
• Caviar, Caviar, Caviar (1981) – byline: Gerald M. Stein & Donald Bain
• The "Girls" in the Newsroom (1983) – byline: Marjorie Margolies
• The World’s Best Bartenders’ Guide (1998)– byline: Joseph Scott & Donald Bain

Unacknowledged books

A ghostwriter is often required to be anonymous as a part of the contract to write the book. Some sources claim Bain is the author of most of the mystery novels attributed to Margaret Truman

Margaret Truman

Mary Margaret Truman Daniel , also known as Margaret Truman or Margaret Daniel, was an American singer who later became a successful writer. The only child of US President Harry S...

, but Bain denies this.http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/001/886tuxmk.asp?pg=2

External links

• DonaldBain.com
• Donald Bain on New American Library