Judson Pentecost Philips (10 August 1903 – March 7, 1989) was an American writer who wrote more than 100 mystery and detective novels under the pseudonyms Hugh Pentecost and Philip Owen, as well as under his own name. As Judson Philips, he also wrote numerous pulp sports novels in the 1930s.

Biography

Philips was born in Northfield, Massachusetts

Northfield, Massachusetts

Northfield is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,951 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 and traveled widely, before completing his education at Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

, graduating in 1925.

Philips started writing short stories for pulp fiction

Pulp magazine

Pulp magazines , also collectively known as pulp fiction, refers to inexpensive fiction magazines published from 1896 through the 1950s. The typical pulp magazine was seven inches wide by ten inches high, half an inch thick, and 128 pages long...

 magazines in the 1920s and 1930s. He also wrote plays and a newspaper column. In 1950, he helped found the Sharon Playhouse, where he served as a producer and adviser. In the mid 1960s he hosted a program about events in Connecticut's "Northwest Corner" on radio station WTOR in Torrington CT (610kh 1 kW day 500w night DA) which attracted a following. A number of his mystery novels were published under his own name as well as the Hugh Pentecost moniker, all of which benefited from strong characterization, fair play with the reader, and unstilted language to describe interesting situations. An entertaining conversationalist and raconteur he was well respected in his community and in his literary genre.

In 1973, he received the Grand Master Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Mystery Writers of America

Mystery Writers of America

Mystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers, based in New York.The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday....

.

Phillips died of complications resulting from emphysema in 1989, at the age of 85, in Canaan, Connecticut

Canaan, Connecticut

Canaan is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,081 at the 2000 census. The town of Canaan is often referred to locally by the name of its principal constituent village, Falls Village.-Geography:...

. He was survived by his wife, Norma Burton Philips; three sons, David, of Cranston, Connecticut; John, of Washington, and Daniel, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 165,521. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which was home to 5,564,635 people at the 2010...

 and a daughter, Caroline Norwood of Rochester.

as Judson Philips

Journalist Peter Styles Series

1. Laughter Trap. Dodd, Mead and Company
   Dodd, Mead and Company
   Dodd, Mead and Company was one of the pioneer publishing houses of the United States, based in New York City. Under several names, the firm operated from 1839 until 1990. Its history properly began in 1870, with the retirement of its founder, Moses Woodruff Dodd. Control passed to his son Frank...
   
    1964
2. Black Glass City. Dodd Mead 1965
3. The Twisted People. Dodd Mead 1965
4. Wings of Madness. Dodd Mead 1966
5. Thursday's Folly. Dodd Mead 1967
6. Hot Summer Killing. Dodd Mead 1968
7. Nightmare at Dawn. Dodd Mead 1970
8. Escape a Killer. Dodd Mead 1971, ISBN 0-396-06313-1
9. The Vanishing Senator. Dodd Mead 1972, ISBN 0-396-06579-1
10. Larkspur Conspiracy. Dodd Mead 1973, ISBN 0-396-06837-2
11. The Power Killers. Dodd Mead 1974, ISBN 0-396-06979-9
12. Walked a Crooked Mile. Dodd Mead 1975, ISBN 0-396-07137-2
13. Backlash. Dodd Mead 1976, ISBN 0-396-07330-7
14. Five Roads to Death. Dodd Mead 1977, ISBN 0-396-07472-4
15. Why Murder. Dodd Mead 1979, ISBN 0-396-07683-4
16. Death is a Dirty Trick. Dodd Mead 6/1980, ISBN 0-396-07820-3
17. Murder as the Curtain Rises. Dodd Mead 7/1981, ISBN 0-396-07954-5
18. Target for Tragedy. Dodd Mead 10/1982, ISBN 0-396-08079-4

Standalones

• Red War. Doubleday (publisher) 1936, co-author Thomas Johnson
  Thomas Johnson
  -Public officials:*Thomas Johnson , English Member of Parliament*Thomas Johnson , American jurist; one of the Founding Fathers; Governor of Maryland; Supreme Court justice...
  
  
• Death Delivers a Postcard. Hurst and Blackett
  Hurst and Blackett
  Hurst and Blackett is a publisher established in 1812. They were located on Great Marlborough Street, and later at Paternoster House, Paternoster Row, London. They have had offices in New York and Melbourne.- External links :* *...
  
   1940
• Murder in Marble: a Detective Story. Dodd Mead 1940
• Odds on the Hot Seat. Handi-Book 1941
• The Fourteenth Trump. Dodd Mead 1942
• Killer on the Catwalk. Dodd Mead 1959
• Whisper Town. Victor Gollancz Ltd
  Victor Gollancz Ltd
  Victor Gollancz Ltd was a major British book publishing house of the twentieth century. It was founded in 1927 by Victor Gollancz and specialised in the publication of high quality literature, nonfiction and popular fiction, including science fiction. Upon Gollancz's death in 1967, ownership...
  
   1960
• A Dead Ending. Dodd Mead 1962
• The Dead Can't Love. Dodd Mead 1963
• Murder Arranged. Dodd Mead 1978, ISBN 0-396-07591-2

as Hugh Pentecost

Lt. Luke Bradley Series

1. Cancelled in Red. Dodd Mead 1939
2. Twenty-Fourth Horse. Dodd Mead 1940
3. I'll Sing at Your Funeral. Dodd Mead 1942
4. The Brass Chills. Dodd Mead 1943

Dr. John Smith Series

1. Memory of Murder. Ziff Davis Inc. 1946, four novellas
2. Shadow of Madness. Dodd Mead 1950

Lt. Pascal Series

1. Lieutenant Pascal's Tastes in Homicide. Dodd Mead 1954, collection of stories
2. The Obituary Club. Dodd Mead 1958
3. The Lonely Target. Dodd Mead 1959
4. Only the Rich Die Young. Dodd Mead 1964

Uncle George Series

1. Choice of Violence. Dodd Mead 1961
2. Murder Sweet and Sour. Dodd Mead 1965
3. Around Dark Corners. Dodd Mead 1970, collection of stories
4. The Copycat Killers. Dodd Mead 8/1983, ISBN 0-396-08183-8
5. Price of Silence. Dodd Mead 8/1984, ISBN 0-396-08406-8
6. Death by Fire. Dodd Mead 12/1986, ISBN 0-396-08826-4
7. Pattern for Terror. Carroll & Graf Publishers
   Carroll & Graf Publishers
   Carroll & Graf Publishers, an American publishing company centered in New York City, was an imprint of the Avalon Publishing Group,Publisher Kent Carroll, the editorial director of Grove Press from 1975 to 1981, co-founded Carroll & Graf in 1982...
   
    1990, ISBN 0-88184-519-8

Hotel Manager Pierre Chambrun

1. Cannibal who Overate. Dodd Mead 1962
2. The Shape of Fear. Boardman Books
   Boardman Books
   Founded by Thomas Volney Boardman in the 1930s, T.V. Boardman, Ltd. , was but one of many London publishing houses turning out both paperback and hardcover books, pulp magazines, and comics. Boardman Books is best known for publishing the long-running monthly series of hardcover Bloodhound...
   
    1963
3. Evil that Men Do. Boardman 1966
4. The Golden Trap. Dodd Mead 1967
5. Gilded Nightmare. Dodd Mead 1968
6. Girl Watcher's Funeral. Dodd Mead 1969
7. The Deadly Joke. Dodd Mead 1971, ISBN 0-396-06331-5
8. Birthday, Deathday. Dodd Mead 1972, ISBN 0-396-06523-4
9. Walking Dead Man. Dodd Mead 1973, ISBN 0-515-03539-1
10. Bargain with Death. Dodd Mead 1974, ISBN 0-369-06919-5
11. Time of Terror. Dodd Mead 1975, ISBN 0-396-07123-5
12. Fourteen Dilemma. Dodd Mead 1976, ISBN 0-396-07287-4
13. Death After Breakfast. Dodd Mead 1978, ISBN 0-396-07554-7
14. Random Killer. Dodd Mead 1979, ISBN 0-396-07654-4
15. Beware Young Lovers. Dodd Mead 1980, ISBN 0-396-07808-1
16. Murder in Luxury. Dodd Mead 1981, ISBN 0-396-07921-7
17. With Intent to Kill, Dodd Mead 6/1982, ISBN 0-396-08042-8
18. Murder in High Places. Dodd Mead 5/1983, ISBN 0-396-08146-3
19. Remember to Kill Me. Dodd Mead 4/1984, ISBN 0-396-08309-2
20. Murder Round the Clock. Dodd Mead 3/1985, ISBN 0-396-08528-7
21. Nightmare Time. Dodd Mead 6/1986, ISBN 0-396-08793-9
22. Murder Goes Round and Round. Dodd Mead 8/1988, ISBN 0-396-08952-0

John Jericho Series

1. The Sniper. Dodd Mead 1965
2. Hide Her from Every Eye. Dodd Mead 1966
3. The Creeping Hours. Dodd Mead 1966
4. Dead Woman of the Year. Dodd Mead 1967
5. Girl with Six Fingers. Dodd Mead 1969
6. Plague of Violence. Dodd Mead 1970, ISBN 0-396-06246-2

Julian Quist Series

1. Don't Drop Dead Tomorrow. Dodd Mead 1971, ISBN 0-396-06389-6
2. Champagne Killer. Dodd Mead 1972, ISBN 0-396-06611-8
3. Beautiful Dead. Dodd Mead 1973, ISBN 0-396-06865-5
4. The Judas Freak. Dodd Mead 1974, ISBN 0-396-07001-6
5. Honeymoon with Death. Dodd Mead 1975, ISBN 0-395-07212-6
6. Die After Dark. Dodd Mead 1976, ISBN 0-396-07345-1
7. Steel Palace. Dodd Mead 1977, ISBN 0-396-07491-5
8. Deadly Trap. Dodd Mead 1978, ISBN 0-396-07606-3
9. Homicidal Horse. Dodd Mead 1979, ISBN 0-396-07724-4
10. The Death Mask. Dodd Mead 10/1980, ISBN 0-396-07883-8
11. Sow Death, Reap Death. Dodd Mead 1981, ISBN 0-396-08006-0
12. Past, Present and Murder. Dodd Mead 11/1982, ISBN 0-396-08103-6
13. Murder out of Wedlock. Dodd Mead 12/1983, ISBN 0-396-08215-6
14. Substitute Victim. Dodd Mead 12/1984, ISBN 0-396-08407-5
15. The Party Killer. Dodd Mead 1/1986, ISBN 0-396-08692-5
16. Kill and Kill Again. Dodd Mead 4/1987, ISBN 0-396-08898-1

Standalones

• Cat and Mouse. Chicago Royce Publishers 1940
• Where the Snow Was Red. Dodd Mead 1946
• Chinese Nightmare. Dell Publishing
  Dell Publishing
  Dell Publishing, an American publisher of books, magazines and comic books, was founded in 1921 by George T. Delacorte, Jr.During the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, Dell was one of the largest publishers of magazines, including pulp magazines. Their line of humor magazines included 1000 Jokes, launched in...
  
   1947
• The Assassins. Dodd Mead 1955
• Kingdom of Death. Dodd Mead 1960
• The Deadly Friend. Dodd Mead 1961
• Murder Clear Track Fast. Dodd Mead 1961
• The Tarnished Angel. Dodd Mead 1963
• Day the Children Vanished. Pocket Books
  Pocket Books
  Pocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster that primarily publishes paperback books.- History :Pocket produced the first mass-market, pocket-sized paperback books in America in early 1939 and revolutionized the publishing industry...
  
   9/1976, ISBN 0-671-80981-2
• Murder as Usual. Dodd Mead 1977, ISBN 0-396-07408-3

Anthologies

• Death Wears a Copper Necktie: and other stories. Walter Edwards Company 1946
• Alfred Hitchcock
  Alfred Hitchcock
  Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...
  
  's Daring Detectives. Random House
  Random House
  Random House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
  
   8/1969, ISBN 0-394-81490-2

External links

• New York Times obituary
• Philips at the Golden Age of Detection Wiki
• review of Philip's "Jericho" series by author Allan Guthrie
  Allan Guthrie
  Allan Guthrie is a Scottish literary agent, and an author and editor of crime fiction. He was born in Orkney, but has lived in Edinburgh for most of his adult life. His first novel, Two-Way Split, was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger Award, and it won the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel...
  
  
• http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/judson-philips/
• http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/hugh-pentecost/