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Bill Pronzini, full name William John Pronzini (13 Apr 1943-): Born in Petaluma, California; 2 years junior college; 1965 married Laura Patricia Adolphson (1966 divorce); 1972 married Brunhilde Schier; newsstand clerk; sports reporter; warehouse worker; salesman, typist; U.S. Marshall's Office civilian guard; travels world-wide as author; 1970-73 lived in West Germany and Majorca; Member, Board of Directors, Mystery Writers of America. Bill Pronzini @ MGrost * 24 mystery/detective novels with series character the "Nameless Detective" through 1984; * 4 mystery/detective novels under pseudonym Jack Foxx, with series character Dan Connell * 3 mystery/detective short story collections under own name * 130 (approx, through 1984) mystery/detective short stories including a record number of co-authors * 12 mystery/detective short stories under pseudonym Jack Foxx * 14 mystery/detective short stories under pseudonym William Jeffrey * 4 other novels (1 co-authored with Barry Malzberg, 1 with Jack Anderson) * editor of 20 mystery/detective, science fiction, and horror anthologies In the Periodic Table of the Elements, "Pr" stands for Praesodymium. In the Periodic Table of the Mystery Authors, "Pr" stands for Bill Pronzini! Honorable Mentions: Return to Mystery/Detective Table of Contents Return to PERIODIC TABLE OF MYSTERY AUTHORS [Grateful acknowledgment to Professor Erich Friedman for his permission for me to use the table structure and color GIFs of the Periodic Table, above, whose Mystery Author roll-over status names and correlation of Element Abbreviations with Mystery Author names are not the fault of Professor Erich Friedman but purely the work of Professor Jonathan Vos Post] Bill Pronzini