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William Campbell Gault

うぃりあむ・きゃんべる・ごると

Wiriamu Kyanberu Gōruto

Pen Names: Roney Scott（Pseudonym used for some crime novels）, Will Duke（Pseudonym used for some crime novels）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1910 （Unknown）
Died
1995 （Unknown） age 85
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown

Career

Occupations
writer, novelist, sports novelist, crime fiction writer
Active Years
1950-1995

Awards

Edgar Award
1953
Work: Don't Cry for Me
Category: Best First Novel
Organization: Mystery Writers of America
Result: Winner
Shamus Award
1983
Work: The Cana Diversion
Category: Best P.I. Paperback Original
Organization: Private Eye Writers of America
Result: Winner
The Eye
1984
Work: Lifetime Achievement
Category: Lifetime Achievement
Organization: Private Eye Writers of America
Result: Winner
Bouchercon Lifetime Achievement Award
1991
Work: Lifetime Achievement
Category: Lifetime Achievement
Organization: Bouchercon
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Don't Cry for Me

1952 crime fiction

Crime novel that won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel.

crimemystery

The Cana Diversion

1982 private eye novel

Brock Callahan series novel that won the Shamus Award.

private investigatorcrime

Bibliography

  • Backfield Challenge
  • The Big Stick
  • Bruce Benedict, Halfback
  • The Checkered Flag
  • Cut-rate Quarterback
  • Dim Thunder
  • Dirt Track Summer
  • Drag Strip
  • Gallant Colt
  • Gasoline Cowboy
  • The Karters
  • The Last Lap
  • Little Big Foot
  • The Lonely Mound
  • The Long Green
  • Mr. Fullback
  • Mr. Quarterback
  • The Oval Playground
  • Quarterback Gamble
  • Road-Race Rookie
  • Rough Road To Glory
  • Showboat in the Backcourt
  • Speedway Challenge
  • Stubborn Sam
  • The Sunday Cycles
  • Sunday's Dust
  • Super Bowl Bound
  • Thin Ice
  • Through The Line
  • Thunder Road
  • Trouble at Second
  • Two-Wheeled Thunder
  • The Underground Skipper
  • Wheels of Fortune
  • Wild Willie, Wide Receiver
  • Murder In The Raw
  • Day of The Ram
  • The Convertible Hearse
  • Come Die With Me
  • Vein of Violence
  • County Kill
  • Dead Hero
  • The Bad Samaritan
  • Death In Donegal Bay
  • The Dead Seed
  • The Chicano War
  • Cat and Mouse
  • Deaf Pigeon
  • Shakedown
  • End of a Call Girl
  • Night Lady
  • Sweet Wild Wench
  • The Wayward Widow
  • Million Dollar Tramp
  • The Hundred Dollar Girl
  • The Bloody Bokhara
  • The Canvas Coffin
  • Blood on the Boards
  • Run, Killer, Run
  • Square in the Middle
  • Fair Prey
  • Phantom
  • Death Out of Focus
  • The Sweet Blonde Trap
  • Marksman

Style & Themes

Literary Style
One of the best writers in the sports pulpsYoung-readers' sports novelsCrime fiction, particularly private eye stories
Recurring Motifs
sportsfootballracingprivate investigatorsLos Angeles

Legacy

American writer best remembered for his sports fiction, particularly young-readers' novels from the early 1960s, and crime fiction. Won Edgar Award, Shamus Award, The Eye for Lifetime Achievement, and Bouchercon Lifetime Achievement Award. Contributed to pulp magazines, especially sports pulps.

Quotes

  • I liked the characterization in those stories; I liked the description; I liked the fist fights; I liked the love interest. I like everything about them, except what they were all about.
    Source: In Search of Wonder (1967)