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Richard S. Prather

Richard Prather was born in Santa Ana, California. In 1940-41 he spent a year at Riverside Junior College (now Riverside Community College). He served in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II, from 1942 through the end of the war in 1945. In 1945 he married Tina Hager and took a job as a civilian clerk at March Air Force Base in Riverside, California. He left that that job to become a full-time writer in 1949. The first Shell Scott mystery, "Case of the Vanishing Beauty" was published in 1950. Prather had a disagreement with his publisher Pocket Books and sued them in 1975. He gave up writing for several years and grew avocados. In 1986 he returned with The Amber Effect. His final book, Shellshock (1987) was published by Tor Books.

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American writer (1921–2007)

Born 9 September 1921
Died 14 February 2007

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    First published in 1960 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1950 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Kubla Khan Caper

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    First published in 1980 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: I kazhdyĭ vooruzhen: sbornik detektivnykh romanov

    First published in 1992 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Too Many Crooks by Richard S. Prather (1953-12-01)

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  • Cover of: The meandering corpse

    First published in 1965 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Kill Him Twice (A Shell Scott Adventure)

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American writer (1921–2007)

Born 9 September 1921
Died 14 February 2007

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Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Mystery, Scott, shell (fictitious character), fiction, Private investigators, fiction, Crime, fiction, Fiction, action & adventure, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, Thriller, Fiction, mystery & detective, collections & anthologies, Fiction, general, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Private investigators, California, fiction, Murder, American Detective and mystery stories, Acapulco (mexico), fiction, American literature, Beauty contestants, Beverly hills (calif.), fiction, Crimes against, Detective and mystery stories, American, Investigation, Motion picture industry, Organized crime

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California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (Calif.), Calif.) Hollywood (Los Angeles, Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Las Vegas (Nev.)

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Alternative names

  • David Knight
  • Douglas Ring
  • Richard Scott Prather
  • Richard S Prather

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January 13, 2025 Edited by raybb Edited without comment.
June 28, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 22, 2024 Edited by MARC Bot move website to links
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import