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Shamus Award-winning author Bill Pronzini became a full-time writer in 1969, after working in a number of varied occupations, including time spent as a sports reporter and a civilian guard with the U.S. Marshal's office. As a writer, Pronzini is a Renaissance man of genre fiction. He has written over three hundred short stories in the mystery, horror, science fiction and western fields. "Nameless," a San Francisco-based private investigator, is Pronzini's best-known creation. The middle-aged former police officer first appeared in The Snatch (1971). Since then, Nameless has aged slowly (but gracefully) as a compassionate champion for his clients in over twenty well-written novels and short story collections. Pronzini and his wife Marcia Muller live in CaliforniaPronzini, Bill is the author of 'Scenarios A Nameless Detective Casebook', published 2003 under ISBN 9780786243266 and ISBN 0786243260.
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