Background
Pronzini, Bill John was born on April 13, 1943 in Petaluma, California, United States. Son of Joseph and Helene (Guder) Pronzini.
Pronzini, Bill John was born on April 13, 1943 in Petaluma, California, United States. Son of Joseph and Helene (Guder) Pronzini.
College student, 2 years.
He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. He has been married three times. The first marriage was to Laura Patricia Adolphson (1965, divorced 1966).
The second was to Brunhilde Schier (July 28, 1972, separated December 1985, divorced a couple of years later).
They have collaborated on several novels: Double (1984), a Nameless Detective novel, The Lighthouse (1987), Beyond the Grave (1986), The Bughouse Affair (2013), The Spook Lights Affair (2013), The Body Snatchers Affair (2015), and The Plague of Thieves Affair (2016) as well as on numerous anthologies. He published his first novel, The Stalker, in 1971.
However, his best known works are the Nameless Detective series, which he began in 1971. As of 2013, there are 42 books in the series, including a number of short stories.
While the stories involve the usual range of crimes typical to mysteries, they depict relatively little violence.
Short stories Pronzini has written more than three hundred short stories appearing in publications, including the some of the last issues of both Adventure and Argosy magazines, generally considered the first American pulp magazines. Pronzini"s work also appeared in Charlie Chan Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen"s Mystery Magazine, Manitoba from United Network Command for Law and Enforcement Magazine, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, and Alfred Hitchcock"s Anthology. The 1890s Western detective short story collection, Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services (1998) centers on Sabina Carpenter, a Pinkerton detective widow working in her fallen husband"s profession.
Married Marcia Muller.