Brett Halliday
American novelist (1904-1977) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 72
Brett Halliday is the primary pen name of Davis Dresser, an American mystery and western writer. Halliday is best known for the long-lived series of Michael Shayne mysteries he wrote, and later commissioned others to continue.
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Sol M. Wurtzel Produced Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)
Lloyd Nolan Brett wrote The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942)
Mary Beth Hughes Brett wrote Sleepers West (1941)
Marjorie Weaver Brett wrote The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942)- Hamilton MacFadden Brett wrote Sleepers West (1941)
Wendy Toye Directed Three Cases of Murder (1955)
Cheryl Walker Also in Murder Is My Business (1946)- Eugene Forde Directed Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)
- Ian Dalrymple Produced Three Cases of Murder (1955)
Herbert I. Leeds Directed Blue, White and Perfect (1942)
Albert S. Rogell Directed Before I Wake (1955)- George More O'Ferrall Directed Three Cases of Murder (1955)
- Sigmund Neufeld Produced Murder Is My Business (1946)
- John Sutherland Produced Too Many Winners (1947)
- Alexander Paal Produced Three Cases of Murder (1955)
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Dresser also wrote westerns, non-series mysteries, and romances under the names Asa Baker, Matthew Blood, Kathryn Culver, Don Davis, Hal Debrett, Anthony Scott, Peter Field, and Anderson Wayne.
