Gregory Mcdonald
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Gregory Mcdonald (born February 15, 1937 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) is an American mystery writer best known for his Fletch character, as played by Chevy Chase in the movie of the same name. The Fletch series, currently consisting of nine novels, also spawned the 'Flynn' series, as well as the 'Son of Fletch' series. Two of the Fletch books have earned Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America: Fletch was named Best First Novel in 1975, and Confess, Fletch won for Best Paperback Original in 1977.
He has also written two novels in the Skylar series, as well as a number of non-series (and non-mystery) novels.
[edit] Bibliography
Fletch
- Fletch (1974)
- Confess, Fletch (1976)
- Fletch's Fortune (1978)
- Fletch and the Widow Bradley (1981)
- Fletch's Moxie (1982)
- Fletch and the Man Who (1983)
- Carioca Fletch (1984)
- Fletch Won (1985)
- Fletch, Too (1986)
Flynn
- Flynn (1977)
- The Buck Passes Flynn (1981)
- Flynn's In (1984)
- Flynn's World (2003)
Son of Fletch
- Son of Fletch (1993)
- Fletch Reflected (1994)
Skylar
- Skylar (1995)
- Skylar in Yankeeland (1997)
Other
- Running Scared (1964)
- Love Among the Mashed Potatoes apa Dear M.E. (1978)
- Who Took Toby Rinaldi? (US title)/Snatched (UK title) (1978)
- The Education of Gregory McDonald Sketches from the Sixties. Writings About America, 1966-1973 (1985)
- Safekeeping (1985)
- A World Too Wide (1987)
- Exits and Entrances (1988)
- Merely Players (1988)
- Wise Saws (Unpublished)
- The Brave (1991)
