BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Wake up, Maggie, I think I got nothing to say to you.”
The Last Detail
Dial Press
My first novel, which was adapted into the classic film starring Jack Nicholson. Nominated for three Oscars.
Goldengrove
Dial Press
Experiences as a high school teacher in a wealthy suburb.
Andoshen, Pa.
Dial Press
Interlocking stories of the coal town of my birth.
Cinderella Liberty
Harper & Row
Adapted to film, starring James Cann and Marsha Mason. Nominated for three Oscars.
The Accomplice
Harper & Row
Based on a true story of a jealous mother who wanted her daughter-in-law dead.
Tom Mix Died For Your Sins
Delacorte
A biographical novel based on the life of the silent film cowboy star.
The Ringmaster
Delacorte
Based upon my travels with a tent circus throughout the South.
An Unmarried Man
Delacorte
The agony of a broken marriage and the joy of finding new love.
Last Flag Flying
Skyhorse Publications
The sequel to The Last Detail, 35 years later. Now a movie streaming on Amazon starring Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, and Steve Carell.
Eternal Sojourners
Skyhorse Publications
A wry, slightly surreal comic novel about love, human connection, and the trials of small-town life.
Ghostwriting:
These four titles comprise the mystery series I wrote under the pen name Anne Argula. The first, Homicide My Own, was nominated for an Edgar Award.
Journalism:
American Heritage Magazine – (Interview with Tim McCoy)
Los Angeles Times (Book reviews)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner (Thrice weekly columnist)
Tricycle Magazine – “Dog” (Article)
“I’ve written a baker’s dozen of novels and if I’m no longer burning rubber I’m still firing on all eight cylinders.”