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Ed Gorman

Born

in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, The United States

November 02, 1941

Died

October 14, 2016

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Horror, Western

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Edward Joseph Gorman spent 20 years in the advertising industry before leaving to write full-time in 1984. Since then, he has been incredibly prolific, averaging 2-3 novels a year in addition to many short stories, editing anthologies, and founding and editing Mystery Scene, the new magazine of the mystery field. He has written in many genres, particularly crime, mystery, western, and horror. Most of his novels are set in Iowa. His pseudonyms include E.J. Gorman, Daniel Ransom, Edward Gorman Jr., Robert David Chase, and Richard Driscoll. ...more

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There are a couple of things that will become available soon. One is the complete version of the ROAD TO PERDITION novel. It was written in 2002 to accompany the release of the film, but DreamWorks licensing made me do a drastic cutting/rewrite, eliminating 30,000 words and any dialogue or action that wasn't included in the book. I am very grateful to Brash Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 3.92 · 52,544 ratings · 3,395 reviews · 452 distinct works • Similar authors

	Predators 3.93 avg rating — 814 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stalkers by Ed Gorman (Editor / Contributor), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Trish Janeshutz (Contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 645 ratings — published 1989 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Day the Music Died (Sam McCain, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 1998 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wake Up Little Susie (Sam McCain, #2) 3.75 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 1999 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction by Ed Gorman (Editor / Contributor), Loren D. Estleman (Contributor), Bill Pronzini (Contributor) 3.76 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once Upon a Crime by Ed Gorman (Editor / Contributor), Gillian Roberts (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jon L. Breen (Contributor) 3.61 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Midnight Room 3.59 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad Moon Rising (Sam McCain, #9) 3.49 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2011 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Between the Dark and the Daylight and 27 More of the Best Crime Mystery Stories of the Year by Ed Gorman (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Jon L. Breen (Introduction) 3.71 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (Sam McCain, #3) 3.70 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 2000 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Ed Gorman

Sam McCain (10 books)
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Robert Payne (4 books)
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The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories (5 books)
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Martin H. Greenberg

3.77 avg rating — 174 ratings

Leo Guild (4 books)
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3.96 avg rating — 165 ratings

Dev Conrad (5 books)
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Quotes by Ed Gorman (?)

“There's a special quality to the loneliness of dusk, a melancholy more brooding even than the night's.”
― Ed Gorman, Everybody's Somebody's Fool

tags: angst, dusk, loneliness, melancholy

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“David Goodis didn’t write novels, he wrote suicide notes.”
― Ed Gorman

tags: suicide-goodis

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“I'm gonna put that gun as far up his ass as it'll go, then I'm just gonna keep loadin' and reloadin' till my arms get tired.”
― Ed Gorman, Death Ground

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