Bill Pronzini

William John Pronzini was born in Petaluma, California in 1943. He attended local schools. He has been married three times. The first marriage was to Laura Patricia Adolphson (1965, divorced 1966); the second was to Brunhilde Schier (July 28, 1972, separated December 1985, divorced a couple of years later). ==Writing career==

He published his first novel, The Stalker, in 1971. However, his best known works are the Nameless Detective series, which he began in 1971. As of 2017, there are 46 books in the series, including a number of short stories. While the stories involve the usual range of crimes typical to mysteries, they depict relatively little violence. Otto Penzler, of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, has published a vodcast review of Bill Pronzini's work and career. Short stories Pronzini has written and published more than three hundred short stories. They have been published in a variety of markets, including some of the last issues of both Adventure and Argosy magazines, generally considered the first American pulp magazines. Pronzini's work has also appeared in Charlie Chan Mystery Magazine, ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, and Alfred Hitchcock's Anthology. Pronzini won the inaugural Shamus Award for "Best Private Eye Novel" in 1982 for his novel Hoodwink. The following year, he was nominated for his second Edgar Award, this time in the "Best Critical or Biographical" listings for Gun in Cheek''. The next year, 1984, Pronzini won his first award for a short-story, winning the "Best Private Eye Short Story" Shamus Award for "Cat's Paw". His novel Bones was nominated for the "Best Private Eye Novel" Shamus in 1986. 1989 brought a nomination at the 1989 Anthony Awards for "Best Novel", for Shackles; and another Shamus nomination for short-story "Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern". That same year, his novel Snowbound was awarded the French Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. Another two short-story nominations at the Shamus Awards followed for "Here Comes Santa Claus" in 1990 and "Home is the Place Where" in 1996. That year his novel Blue Lonesome was nominated for the "Best Novel" 1996 Anthony Award. "The Big Bite" in 2001 and "Devil's Brew" in 2007 were both Shamus Award "Best Private Eye Short Story" nominees. In 2010 he was nominated for "Best Novel" for his Schemers. ==Published works==