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David L. Robbins (Oregon writer)

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David L. Robbins
Author David L. Robbins (Oregon)
Author David L. Robbins (Oregon)
Born (1950-07-04) July 4, 1950 (age 74)
Pen nameDavid Robbins, David Thompson, Jake McMasters, Jon Sharpe, Ralph Compton, John Killdeer, J.D.Cameron, Dean McElwain, Don Pendleton, Franklyn W. Dixon
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Period1981 to present
GenreWesterns, Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Non-Fiction, Young Adult, Mystery, Men's Adventure
Notable worksMEN OF HONOR, the Wilderness Series, the Endworld series
Website
www.davidrobbinsauthor.com

David L. Robbins (born July 4, 1950)[1] is an American author of English and Pennsylvania Dutch descent. He writes both fiction and non-fiction. He has written over three hundred books under his own name and many pen names, among them: David Thompson, Jake McMasters, Jon Sharpe, Don Pendleton, Franklin W. Dixon, Ralph Compton, Dean L. McElwain, J.D. Cameron and John Killdeer.

He has written for the following series: The Trailsman, Mack Bolan, Endworld, Blade, Wilderness, White Apache, Davy Crockett, Omega Sub and The Hardy Boys Casefiles. Robbins is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the Horror Writers Association, and Western Writers of America.

Biography

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Robbins was raised in Pennsylvania. Until he was eight he lived in an outlying area of Philadelphia. Robbins spent many of his teen years on a farm owned by his Mennonite great aunt and uncle in Pennsylvania Dutch country. Water was brought in from an outdoor pump, and they used an outhouse.[citation needed]

At seventeen Robbins enlisted in the United States Air Force and became a sergeant. After his honorable discharge he attended college and went into broadcasting. He worked as an announcer and engineer and later as a program director at various radio stations. Later still he entered law enforcement and then took to writing full-time.[citation needed]

At one time or another Robbins has lived in Pennsylvania, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Montana, Colorado and the Pacific Northwest. He spent a year and a half in Europe, traveling through France, Italy, Greece and Germany. He lived for more than a year in Turkey.[citation needed]

His writing has been critically praised by the Pulp Rack, among others.[citation needed] He is known for two current long-running series.

  • Wilderness is the generational saga of a Mountain Man and his Shoshone wife. Started in 1990 under his David Thompson pen name, the series has nearly eighty books to date. Robbins has since stopped using pen names on his own works, and WILDERNESS is now under his own name.
  • Endworld is a science fiction series under his own name started in 1986. There are forty-two books, and it is still being published.

His works have been published in nine languages.

Robbins suffers from familial hemiplegic migraine. His father had the same condition, and would isolate himself in a dark room for days at a time to recover. Robbins' eyes are extremely light sensitive, and for years he has worn custom prescription Aviator sunglasses to reduce the frequency of the attacks.[citation needed]

Bibliography

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Single novels as David Robbins

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  • The Return Of The Virginian
  • Diablo
  • Blood Feud
  • Thunder Valley
  • Town Tamers
  • Angel l U: Let There Be Light
  • Ride To Valor
  • Badlanders
  • Guns on the Prairie
  • Angel U: Demigod
  • Hit Radio

Endworld

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Written as David Robbins

Endworld is a Scifi series launched in 1986[2] under the name David Robbins. The novels take place in a post-apocalyptic United States.

Blade

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Blade is a 13 novel sequel to Endworld written as David Robbins.

  1. First Strike
  2. Outlands Strike
  3. Vampire Strike
  4. Pipeline Strike
  5. Pirate Strike
  6. Crusher Strike
  7. Terror Strike
  8. Devil Strike
  9. L.A. Strike
  10. Dead Zone Strike
  11. Quest Strike
  12. Death Master Strike
  13. Vengeance Strike

Suspense

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  • Blood Cult

Horror novels

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Written as David Robbins

  • The Wereling
  • The Wrath
  • Spectre
  • Hell-O-Ween
  • Prank Night
  • Spook Night
  • A Girl, The End Of The World And Everything

Movie adaptations

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  • Men Of Honor
  • Proof Of Life
  • Twisted

Non-fiction

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  • Heavy Traffic

Wilderness

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Written as David Thompson

  1. King Of The Mountain
  2. Lure Of The Wild
  3. Savage Rendezvous
  4. Blood Fury
  5. Tomahawk Revenge
  6. Black Powder Trail
  7. Vengenance Trail
  8. Death Hunt
  9. Mountain Devil
  10. Blackfoot Massacre
  11. Northwest Passage
  12. Apache Blood
  13. Mountain Manhunt
  14. Tenderfoot
  15. Winterkill
  16. Blood Truce
  17. Trapper's Blood
  18. Mountain Cat
  19. Iron Warrior
  20. Wolf Pack
  21. Black Powder
  22. Trail's End
  23. The Lost Valley
  24. Mountain Madness
  25. Frontier Mayhem
  26. Blood Feud
  27. Gold Rage
  28. The Quest
  29. Mountain Nightmare
  30. Savages
  31. Blood Kin
  32. The Westward Tide
  33. Fang And Claw
  34. Trackdown
  35. Frontier Fury
  36. The Tempest
  37. Perils In The Wind
  38. Mountain Man
  39. Firewater
  40. Scar
  41. By Duty Bound
  42. Flames Of Justice
  43. Vengeance
  44. Shadow Realms
  45. In Cruel Clutches
  46. Untamed Country
  47. Reap The Whirlwind
  48. Lord Grizzly
  49. Wolverine
  50. People Of The Forest
  51. Comanche Moon
  52. Glacier Terror
  53. The Rising Storm
  54. Pure Of Heart
  55. Into The Unknown
  56. In Darkest Depths
  57. Fear Weaver
  58. Cry Freedom
  59. Only The Strong
  60. The Outcast
  61. The Scalp Hunters
  62. The Tears of God
  63. Venom
  64. Devil Moon
  65. Seed Of Evil
  66. Garden Of Eden
  67. The Gift
  68. Savage Hearts

Giant Wilderness

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  • Hawken Fury
  • Season Of The Warrior
  • Prairie Blood
  • Ordeal
  • The Trail West
  • Frontier Strike
  • Spanish Slaughter

White Apache

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Written as: Jake McMasters

  • Hangman's Knot
  • Warpath
  • Warrior Born
  • Quick Killer
  • Blood Bath
  • Blood Treachery
  • Blood Bounty
  • The Trackers
  • Desert Fury
  • Hanged

Davy Crockett

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Written as: David Thompson

  • Homecoming
  • Sioux Slaughter
  • Blood Hunt
  • Mississippi Mayhem
  • Blood Rage
  • Comanche Country
  • Texican Terror
  • Cannibal Country

Compton Novels

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Written as Ralph Compton

  • Do Or Die
  • Nowhere, Tx
  • Bucked Out In Dodge
  • West Of Pecos
  • For The Brand
  • By The Horns
  • Rio Largo
  • A Wolf In The Fold
  • Bluff City
  • Blood Duel
  • Bullet For A Badman
  • Ride The Hard Trail
  • Fatal Justice
  • The Evil Men Do
  • Brother's Keeper
  • The Law and the Lawless
  • Texas Hills

The Executioner

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Written as Don Pendleton

  • #169: White Heat
  • #178: Black Hand
  • #191: Extreme Force
  • #199: Rogue Agent
  • #230: Deep Attack
  • #267: Invisible Invader
  • #294: Scorpion Rising
  • #313: Lockdown
  • #322: Time Bomb

SuperBolans

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Written as Don Pendleton

  • #44: Shock Tactic
  • #46: Precision Kill
  • #51: Thermal Strike
  • #61: Blood Feud
  • #68: Code of Conflict
  • #75: Evil Alliance
  • #82: War Load
  • #90: Age of War

The Trailsman

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Written as Jon Sharpe

  • #118: Arizona Slaughter
  • #120: Wyoming Manhunt
  • #122: Gold Fever
  • #123: Desert Death
  • #125: Blood Prairie
  • #127: Nevada Warpath
  • #128: Snake River Butcher
  • #131: Bear Town Bloodshed
  • #135: Mountain Mayhem
  • #138: Silver Fury
  • #141: Tomahawk Justice
  • #144: Abilene Ambush
  • #146: Nebraska Nightmare
  • #149: Springfielf Sharpshooters
  • #152: Prairie Fire
  • #155: Oklahoma Ordeal
  • #158: Texas Terror
  • #161: Rogue River Feud
  • #164: Nez Perce Nightmare
  • #166: Colorado Carnage
  • #169: Soccoro Slaughter
  • #170: Utah Trackdown
  • #173: Washington Warpath
  • #174: Death Valley Bloodbath
  • #177: Colorado Wolfpack
  • #178: Apache Arrows
  • #183: Bayou Bloodbath
  • #184: Rocky Mountain Nightmare
  • #187: Sioux War Cry
  • #190: Pecos Death
  • #192: Durango Duel
  • #197: Utah Uprising
  • #199: Wyoming Wildcats
  • #201: Salmon River Rage
  • #205: Mountain Mankillers
  • #208: Arizona Renegades
  • #211: Badlands Bloodbath
  • #214: Texas Hellion
  • #216: High Sierra Horror
  • #217: Dakota Deception
  • #220: Montana Gunsharps
  • #222: Colorado Diamond Dupe
  • #226: Nebraska Slaying Ground
  • #228: Wyoming Warcry
  • #232: Pacific Phantoms
  • #235: Flathead Fury
  • #237: Dakota Damnation
  • #244: Pacific Polecats
  • #247: Seven Devils Slaughter
  • #251: Utah Uproar
  • #257: Colorado Cutthroats
  • #261: Desert Death Trap
  • #264: Snake River Ruins
  • #272: Nevada Nemesis
  • #275: Ozarks Onslaught
  • #278: Mountain Manhunt
  • #284: Dakota Prairie Pirates
  • #295: Oasis Of Blood
  • #300: Backwoods Bloodbath
  • #303: Terror Trackdown
  • #306: Nebraska Night Riders
  • #310: Alaskan Vengeance
  • #312: Shanghied Six-Guns
  • #313: Missouri Manhunt
  • #317: Mountain Mystery
  • #321: Flathead Fury
  • #322: Apache Ambush
  • #327: Idaho Gold Fever
  • #328: Texas Triggers
  • #329: Bayou Trackdown
  • #333: Black Hills Badman
  • #340: Hannibal Rising
  • #341: Sierra Six-Guns
  • #342: Rocky Mountain Revenge
  • #343: Texas Hellions
  • #347: Dakota Death Trap
  • #349: New Mexico Gundown
  • #350: High Country Horror
  • #351: Terror Town
  • #352: Texas Tangle
  • #353: Bitterroot Bullets
  • #356: Grizzly Fury
  • #357: Stagecoach Sidewinders
  • #359: Platte River Gauntlet
  • #360: Texas Lead Slingers
  • #362: Range War
  • #363: Death Devil
  • #365: High Country Greed
  • #366: Mountains Of No Return
  • #367: Texas Tempest
  • #370: Blind Man's Bluff
  • #371: California Killers
  • #373: Utah Terror
  • #374: Forth Death
  • #375: Texas Swamp Fever
  • #377: Bounty Hunt
  • #378: Wyoming Winterkill
  • #380: Texas Tornado
  • #381: Bowie's Knife
  • #382: Terror Trackdown
  • #383: High Plains Massacre
  • #385: Thunderhead Trail
  • #387: Apache Vendetta
  • #389: Outlaw Trackdown
  • #391: Night Terror
  • #392: Colorado Carnage
  • #393: Six-Gun Inferno
  • #394: Burning Bullets
  • #398: Arizona Ambushers

Giant Trailsman

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  • Woodland Warriors
  • New Mexico Nightmare
  • Menagerie Of Malice
  • Island Devils
  • Idaho Blood Spur
  • Desert Duel (Feb. 07)

Mountain Majesty

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  • #1: Wild Country (1992)
  • #2: The Untamed (1992)
  • #3: Wilderness Rendezvous (1992)
  • #4: Blood Kin (1993)
  • #5: Passage West (1993)
  • #6: The Far Horizon (1994)
  • #7: Fire on the Prairie (1995)
  • #8: The Savage Land (1995)

Preacher's Law

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  • #5: Slaughter At Ten Sleep

Omega Sub

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  • #2: Command Decision
  • #4: Blood Tide
  • #5: Death Dive
  • #6: Raven Rising

The Hardy Boys Casefiles

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Written as: Franklin W. Dixon

  • 57: Terror on Track

References

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  1. ^ Library of Congress authority record, mirrored through LibraryThing
  2. ^ "David Robbins bio". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
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