Brian Garfield

Brian Francis Wynne Garfield (born 1939) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He wrote his first published book at the age of eighteen [http://www.briangarfield.net/] and wrote several novels under such pen names as Frank Wynne and Brian Wynne before gaining prominence when his book "Hopscotch" (1975) won the 1976 Edgar Award for Best Novel. He is best known for his 1972 novel "Death Wish", which was adapted for the 1974 film of the same title, followed by four sequels, and an upcoming remake to be released later around 2009. His follow-up 1975 sequel to Death Wish, "Death Sentence" was very loosely adapted into a "film of the same name" which was released to theaters in late 2007, though an entirely different storyline, but with the novel's same look on vigilantisism. Garfield is also the author of "The Thousand-Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians", which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History. Garfield's latest book, published in 2007, is "Meinertzhagen", the biography of controversial British intelligenceofficer, Richard Meinertzhagen.

Pen names

*Bennett Garland
*Alex Hawk
*John Ives
*Drew Mallory
*Frank O'Brian
*Jonas Ward
*Brian Wynne
*Frank Wynne
*Garfield is also sometimes credited as Brian Wynne Garfield

elected Works

*"The Vanquished" (1964)
*"Arizona" (1969)
*"The Thousand-Mile War" (1969)
*"The Villiers touch" (1970)
*"Deep Cover" (1971)
*"Sweeny's Honor" (1971)
*"What of Terry Conniston?" (1971)
*"Death Wish" (1972) (made into a movie in 1974, currently being remade for a 2009 release)
*"Line of Succession" (1972)
*"Kolchak's Gold" (1973)
*"Tripwire" (1974)
*"The Romanov Succession" (1974)
*"The Threepersons Hunt" (1974)
*"Death Sentence" (1975) (made into a movie in 2007)
*"The Last Hard Men" (1976) (based on "The Last Hard Men/Gun Down")
*"Recoil" (1977)
*"Relentless" (TV) (1977)
*"The Paladin" (1979)
*"Hopscotch" (1975) (and screenwriter for the eponymous movie, 1980)
*"Western Films: A Complete Guide" (1980)
*"Wild Times" (TV) (1980)
*"Checkpoint Charlie" (1981)
*"Legs" (TV) (1983)
*"Fleshburn" (1984) (based on "Fear in a Handful of Dust") (pen name John Ives)
*"Scrimshaw" (TV) (1985) (aired as an episode of Tales of the Unexpected)
*"The Stepfather" (1987)
*"Necessity" (TV) (1988)
*"Manifest Destiny" (1989) (being prepared as a film in 2008)
*"Suspended Sentences" (1993)
*"The Hit and the Marksman" (2003)

ee also

List of Ace Western Double Titles

References

* [http://www.briangarfield.net/ Brian Garfield's website]
* [http://www.trussel.com/books/pseud_g.htm#Garfield_Brian_(Francis_Wynne) Pen names]

External links

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