Richard Edward Wormser wrote pulp fiction, detective fiction, screenplays, and Westerns. , some of it written using the pseudonym of Ed Friend. He wrote approximately 300 short stories, 200 novelettes, and 12 books, as well as screenplays and stories that were turned into screenplays. He wrote seventeen novels in the Nick Carter series. He also wrote a cookbook, Southwest Cookery or At Home on the Range. He wrote under his own name as well as the pseudonyms Conrad Gerson and Ed Friend. He won two Western Spur Awards for juvenile fiction, one in 1964 for Ride a Northbound Horse, and one in 1971 for The Black Mustanger. In 1973 he won an Edgar Award for best paperback for The Intruder.
novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter
| Born | 2 February 1908 |
| Died | July 1977 |
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novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter
| Born | 2 February 1908 |
| Died | July 1977 |
Subjects
Fiction, Horses, African Americans, Circus, Circus stories, Cowboys, Honesty, Juvenile fiction, Labor movement, Mormons, Mormons and Mormonism, Newbery Medal, Race relations, ThievesPeople
Lot (Biblical figure)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL1776222A
- ISNI: 0000000117485735
- VIAF: 19800035
- Wikidata: Q607503
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q607503
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Alternative names
- Conrad Gerson
- Ed Friend
| September 30, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | add ISNI |
| March 31, 2017 | Edited by MARC Bot | add VIAF and wikidata ID |
| July 4, 2014 | Edited by Sarah Breau | merge authors |
| July 3, 2014 | Edited by Sarah Breau | Corrected name order, edited name, added bio, added to birth date, added death date, added pseudonyms, added Wikipedia page |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |