PERIODIC TABLE OF MYSTERY AUTHORS

Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson, full name James Myers Thompson (1906-1976):
     major novelist and screenwriter of psychopathic crimes;
     born in Oklahoma; B.A., University of Nebraska; 1931 married Alberta 
     Thompson (2 children); reporter; 1930s Federal Writers project,
     in Oklahoma.
     * 29 mystery/detective novels
          * Now and On Earth [New York: Modern Age, 1942]
          * Heed the Thunder [New York: Greenberg, 1946]
          * Nothing More Than Murder [New York: Harper, 1949]
          * Cropper's Cabin [New York: Lion, 1952]
          * The Killer Inside Me [New York: Lion, 1952;
               London: Sphere, 1973]
          * The Alcoholics [New York: Lion, 1953]
          * Bad Boy [New York: Lion, 1953]
          * The Crminal [New York: Lion, 1953]
          * Recoil [New York: Lion, 1953]
          * Savage Night [New York: Lion, 1953]
          * A Swell-Looking Babe [New York: Lion, 1954]
          * The Golden Gizmo [New York: Lion, 1954]
          * A Hell of a Woman [New York: Lion, 1954]
          * The Nothing Man [New York: Dell, 1954]
          * Roughneck [New York: Lion, 1954]
          * After Dark, My Sweet [New York: 
               Popular Library, 1955]
          * The Kill-Off [New York: Lion, 1957]
          * Wild Town [New York: New American Library, 1957]
          * The Getaway [New York: New American Library, 1959;
               London: Sphere, 1973]
          * The Transgressors [New York: New American Library, 1961]
          * The Grifters [Evanston IL: Regency, 1963;
               London: Zomba, 1983] filmed under same title
          * Pop. 1280 [New York: Fawcett, 1964; London: Zomba, 1983]
          * Texas by the Tail [New York: Fawcett, 1965]
          * Ironside [New York: Popular Library, 1967] 
               novelization of TV series
          * South of Heaven [New York: Fawcett, 1967]                  
          * The Undefeated [New York: Popular Library, 1969] 
               novelization of screenplay
          * Nothing But a Man [New York: Popular Library, 1970] 
               novelization of screenplay
          * Child of Rage [New York: Lancer, 1972]
          * King Blood [London: Sphere, 1973]        
     * 10 mystery/detective short stories
          * Fireworks [1988] Short story collection
     * screenwriter:
          * The Killing, co-author with Stanley Kubrick
          * Paths of Glory, co-author with Stanley Kubrick

In the Periodic Table of the Elements, "Tm" stands for Thulium.
In the Periodic Table of the Mystery Authors, "Tm" stands for Jim Thompson!

Honorable Mentions:

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[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]