American author and ghostwriter
Donald Bain |
|---|
| Born | Donald Sutherland Bain
(1935-03-06)March 6, 1935 |
|---|
| Died | October 21, 2017(2017-10-21) (aged 82) |
|---|
| Occupation | |
|---|
| Nationality | American |
|---|
Donald Sutherland Bain (March 6, 1935 – October 21, 2017) was an American author and ghostwriter, having written over 115 books in his 40-year career.[1][2]
The Coffee, Tea or Me? series
byline: Trudy Baker and Rachel Jones
- Coffee, Tea or Me? (1967)
- The Coffee Tea or Me Girls’ Round-the-World Diary (1970)
- The Coffee Tea or Me Girls Lay It on the Line (1972)
- The Coffee Tea or Me Girls Get Away From it All (1974)
The Murder, She Wrote series
byline: Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain
A spin-off book series based on the Murder, She Wrote American crime drama television series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher.
- Gin and Daggers (1st edition) (1989)
- Manhattans and Murder (1994)
- Rum and Razors (1995)
- Brandy and Bullets (1995)
- Martinis and Mayhem (1995)
- A Deadly Judgment (1996)
- A Palette for Murder (1996)
- The Highland Fling Murders (1997)
- Murder on the QE2 (1997)
- Murder in Moscow (1998)
- A Little Yuletide Murder (1998)
- Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch (1999)
- Knock 'em Dead (1999)
- Gin and Daggers (2nd edition) (2000)
- Trick or Treachery (2000)
- Blood on the Vine (2001)
- Murder in a Minor Key (2001)
- Provence - to Die for (2002)
- You Bet Your Life (2002)
- Majoring in Murder (2003)
- Destination Murder (2003)
- Dying to Retire (2004)
- A Vote for Murder (2004)
- The Maine Mutiny (2005)
|
- Margaritas and Murder (2005)
- A Question of Murder (2006)
- Three Strikes and You're Dead (2006)
- Coffee, Tea, or Murder? (2007)
- Panning For Murder (2007)
- Murder on Parade (2008)
- A Slaying in Savannah (2008)
- Madison Avenue Shoot (2009)
- A Fatal Feast (2009)
- Nashville Noir (2010)
- The Queen's Jewels (2010)
- Skating on Thin Ice (2011)
- The Fine Art of Murder (2011)
- Trouble at High Tide (2012)
- Domestic Malice (2012)
- Prescription For Murder (2013)
- Close-Up On Murder (2013)
- Aloha Betrayed (2014)
- Death of a Blue Blood (2014)
- Killer in the Kitchen (2015)
- The Ghost and Mrs. Fletcher (2015)
- Design for Murder (2016)
- Hook, Line, and Murder (2016)
- A Date with Murder (2018) written with Jon Land
|
Comedic novels
- Tender Loving Care – byline: Joni Moura & Jackie Sutherland (1969)
- Girlpower – byline: Kathy Cole & Donna Bain (1971)
- How to Make a Good Airline Stewardess – byline: Cornelius Wohl & Bill Wenzel (1972)
- If It Moves, Kiss It – byline: Joni Moura & Jackie Sutherland (1973)
- We Gave at the Office – byline: Laura Mills & Pauline Burlick (1977)
- Fly Me - byline: Cornelius Wohl & Bill Wenzel (1974)
- Teachers Pet – byline: Janet McMillan & Mitzi Sims (1975)
- The Casting Couch and Me – byline: Joan Wood (1975)
- Wall Street & Broad – byline: Teri Palmer (1976)
The J.D. Hardin western series
byline: J.D. Hardin
- Bloody Sands
- The Spirit & the Flesh
- Death Flotilla
- The Lone Star Massacre
- Raider’s Revenge
- Raider’s Hell
- Apache Gold
- Bibles, Bullets & Brides
- Death Lode
Other novels
- The Airport Affair (1975) – byline: David Toma & Jack Pearl
- The Affair of the Unhappy Hooker (1976) – byline: David Toma & Jack Pearl
- Sado Cop (1976) – byline: Nick Vasile
- A Member of the Family (1993) – byline: Nick Vasile
- Raven (1987) – byline: Mike Lundy
- Baby Farm (1987) – byline: Mike Lundy
- Daughter of the Sand (1978) – byline: Pamela South
- The Eagle & the Serpent (1982) – byline: Lee Jackson
- Texas Lily (1987) – byline: Stephanie Blake
Biographies and autobiographies
- Murder HE Wrote: A Successful Writer's Life (2006) (Autobiography)
Other books
- The Racing Flag (1965) – byline: Bloys Britt & Bill France
- Veronica (1969) – byline: Veronica Lake (her autobiography, whose ghostwriter he was)
- The Case Against Private Aviation (1969) – byline: Donald Bain
- Long John Nebel (1974) – byline: Donald Bain
- The Control of Candy Jones (1976) – byline: Donald Bain
- Club Tropique (1978) – byline: Donald Bain
- War in Illinois (1978) – byline: Donald Bain
- Charlie & the Shawneetown Dame (2004) – byline: Donald Bain
- Caviar, Caviar, Caviar (1981) – byline: Gerald M. Stein & Donald Bain
- The "Girls" in the Newsroom (1983) – byline: Marjorie Margolies
- The World’s Best Bartenders’ Guide (1998)– byline: Joseph Scott & Donald Bain
- Margaret Truman's Experiment in Murder (2012)
- Margaret Truman's Undiplomatic Murder (2014)
- Margaret Truman's Internship In Murder (2015)
- Margaret Truman's Deadly Medicine (2016)
- Margaret Truman's Allied in Danger (2017)
Unacknowledged books
A ghostwriter is often required to be anonymous as a part of the contract to write the book. Some sources claim Bain is the author of most of the mystery novels attributed to Margaret Truman. While Bain initially denied this,[3] he wrote a column in the March 14, 2014 issue of Publishers Weekly and finally acknowledged writing "27 novels in the Margaret Truman Capital Crimes series (mostly bylined by Truman, my close collaborator – my name is on only the most recent entries, released after her death)."[4]
