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(1916-1986) Novelist. Writer of numerous mystery novels, most notably the Travis McGee series which began in 1964 with “The Deep Blue Good-Bye” and ended in 1985 with “The Lonely Silver Rain.”

Full Name

John D MacDonald

Locations

Onondaga

Author's Timeline


Unknown

INTERMENT

John D. MacDonald was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

1916

BIRTH

John D. MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania in 1916.

1938

OTHER

MacDonald graduated from Syracuse University in 1938.

1951

LITWORK

Wine of Dreamers


Science fiction.

1957

LITWORK

The Executioners


Novel.

1962

LITWORK

The Girl, The Gold Watch, and Everything


Science fiction.

1964

LITWORK

The Deep Blue Good-Bye


Novel.

1964

LITWORK

Nightmare in Pink


Novel.

1975

LITWORK

The Dreadful Lemon Sky


Novel.

1978

LITWORK

Other Times, Other Worlds


Science fiction.

1979

LITWORK

The Green Ripper


Novel.

1981

LITWORK

Free Fall In Crimson


Novel.

1985

LITWORK

The Lonely Silver Rain


Novel.

1986

DEATH

John D. MacDonald died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1986.

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