Lebensdaten: *1946 Kansas, Missouri, USA
Bob-Lee-Swagger-Reihe (Krimi):
- Im Fadenkreuz der Angst / Shooter (Point of Impact) – 1993
- Nachtsicht (Black Light) – 1996
- Einsame Jäger (Time to Hunt) – 1998
- Der 47. Samurai (The 47th Samurai) – 2007
- Nacht des Donners (Night of Thunder) – 2008
- Im Visier des Snipers (I, Sniper) – 2009
- Dead Zero – 2010
- The Third Bullett – 2013
- Sniper’s Honor – 2014
- G-Man – 2017
- Game of Snipers – 2019
Earl-Swagger-Reihe (Krimi):
- Hot Springs – 2000
- Pale Horse Coming – 2001
- Havana – 2003
Ray-Cruz-Reihe (Krimi):
- Dead Zero – 2010
- Soft Target – 2011
weitere Werke (Krimi):
- The Master Sniper – 1980
- The Second Saladin – 1982
- The Spanish Gambit / Tapestry of Spies – 1985
- Titan (The Day Before Midnight) – 1989
- Die Gejagten / Dirty White Boys (Dirty White Boys) – 1994
- I, Ripper – 2015
Sachbücher:
- Violent Screen – A Critic’s 13 Years on the Front Lines of Movie Mayhem – 1995
- Now Playing at the Valencia – Pulitzer Prize-Winning Essays on Movies – 2005
- American Gunfight – The Plot to Kill Harry Truman and the Shoot-out that Stopped It – 2005 – mit John Bainbridge Jr
- Violent Screen – 2012