A full-time professional writer since 1969, Bill Pronzini has published more than fifty novels, including three in collaboration with his wife, novelist Marcia Muller, and twenty-three in his popular "Nameless Detective" series. He is also the author of four non-fiction books, six collections of short stories, and scores of uncollected stories, articles, essays, and book reviews; and he has edited or co-edited numerous anthologies. His work has been translated into eighteen languages and published in nearly thirty countries. He has received three Shamus awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award (presented in 1987) from the Private Eye Writers of America; and six nominations for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar award. His novel Snowbound was the recipient of the Grand Prix de la Literature Policiere as the best crime novel published in France in 1988. And his novel A Wasteland of Strangers was nominated for the best crime novel of 1997 by both the Mystery Writers of America and the International Crime Writers Association.

"Nameless Detective" series: Boobytrap (Carroll & Graf, 1998), winner of Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award for best novel of 1998.

Forthcoming -- Crazybone (Carroll & Graf, Spring 2000).

Nonseries suspense novel: Nothing But the Night (Walker, 1999).

Short-Story collection: Night Freight (Leisure Books, Spring 2000)