Background
Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1942, Dunning moved to his father"s hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, at the age of three.
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Deadline
(When a circus tent fire results in the death of a young g...)
When a circus tent fire results in the death of a young girl, reporter Dalton Walker searches for leads while juggling a second story about a young Amish woman who left her home to become a dancer in the Big Apple. Reprint. Tour.
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John Dunning
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He is known for his reference books on old-time radio and his series of mysteries featuring Denver bookseller and ex-policeman Cliff Janeway. In 1970 he left the newspaper and took up writing novels, while pursuing a variety of jobs. Partly because of trouble with his publishers, in 1984 he stopped writing and opened a store specializing in second-hand and rare books called the Old Algonquin Bookstore.
At the urging of fellow authors, he returned to the world of novels in 1992 with his first Cliff Janeway novel, Booked to Die.
In 1994 he closed the store and continued it as an internet and mail order business called Old Algonquin Books. In addition to compiling encyclopedic reference books about the history of radio programming, Dunning hosted a long-run weekly radio show, Old-Time.
Achievements
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Dunning received his first award nomination in 1981, when Looking for Ginger North received an Edgar Award nomination for "Best Paperback Original". The following year, Deadline was nominated for this same honour. Dunning"s novel Booked to Die won the Nero Award and was nominated for the 1993 Anthony Award in the "Best Novel" category. The follow up to this novel, The Bookman"s Wake, was nominated for the 1996 Edgar Award in the "Best Novel" running.
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Deadline
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Anthony Award; Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City.; The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986.The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City.; The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986.