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Brett Halliday
AuthorBooks · Second hand1904-1977
Brett Halliday is the primary pen name of Davis Dresser, an American mystery and western writer. Halliday is best known for the long-lived series of Michael Shayne mysteries he wrote, and later commissioned others to continue. Dresser also wrote westerns, non-series mysteries, and romances under the names Asa Baker, Matthew Blood, Kathryn Culver, Don Davis, Hal Debrett, Anthony Scott, Peter Field, and Anderson Wayne.
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About Brett Halliday
Birth
1904
Death
1977
Brett Halliday is the primary pen name of Davis Dresser, an American mystery and western writer. Halliday is best known for the long-lived series of Michael Shayne mysteries he wrote, and later commissioned others to continue. Dresser also wrote westerns, non-series mysteries, and romances under the names Asa Baker, Matthew Blood, Kathryn Culver, Don Davis, Hal Debrett, Anthony Scott, Peter Field, and Anderson Wayne.
Brett Halliday is the primary pen name of the prolific American writer Davis Dresser.
His most iconic creation is the detective Michael Shayne, the protagonist of a long-running and successful mystery series.
Throughout his career, he wrote under a wide variety of names such as Asa Baker, Matthew Blood, and Kathryn Culver.
His body of work spans over 150 titles, exploring genres ranging from mystery to westerns and romance.
Born in Chicago in 1904, he left a literary legacy that defined the detective genre for decades.
