List of authors in the Executioner series

The Executioner (aka Mack Bolan) is a monthly men's action-adventure paperback series of books. It has spanned several spin-offs and imitators over its four decades in print and currently has 423 installments (as of February 2014) that have sold more than 200 million copies.[1] Created and initially written by American author Don Pendleton in 1969, who wrote 37 of the original 38 Bolan books (#16 was written by one "Jim Petersen" during a legal dispute between Pendleton and Pinnacle)[2] before he licensed the rights to Gold Eagle in 1980. Since 1981, the series has been written collectively by a series of ghostwriters.

Authors

Authors categorized into the decade in which they published their debut work.

1969-1980

# Author Titles published Years active Debut novel Final novel Notes of interest
1 Don Pendleton 38 1969–1980 #1: War Against The Mafia #38: Satan's Sabbath
2 Jim Peterson 1 1973 #16: Sicilian Slaughter #16: Sicilian Slaughter Pseudonym of William Crawford[3]

1981-1989

# Author Titles published Years active Debut novel Final novel Notes of interest
3 Saul Wernick 1 1981 #39: The New War #39: The New War
4 Steven Krauzer 4 1982–1983 #40: Double Crossfire #50: Brothers in Blood
5 Mike Newton 78[4] 1982–present #41: The Violent Streets N/A
6 Stephen Mertz 11 1982–1986 #42: The Iranian Hit #94: Save the Children
7 Ray Obstfeld 4 1982–1986 #46: Bloodsport #93: The Fire Eaters
8 Patrick Neary 1 1983 #51: Vulture's Vengeance #51: Vulture's Vengeance
9 Alan Bomack 4 1983–1986 #53: Invisible Assassins #87: Hellfire Crusade Pseudonym of David Wade[5]
10 E. Richard Churchill 2 1983 #54: Mountain Rampage #56: Island Deathtrap
11 Chet Cunningham 6 1983–1986 #59: Crude Kill #88: Baltimore Trackdown
12 Tom Jagninski 2 1984 #61: Tiger War #65: Cambodia Clash
13 Peter Leslie 8 1984–1990 #70: Ice Cold Kill #143: Helldust Cruise
14 Tom Arnett 2 1985–1986 #78: Death Games #86: Hell's Gate
15 James Lord 1 1985 #84: Fastburn #86: Fastburn
16 Dan Schmidt 23 1986–2006 #95: Blood and Thunder #331: Assault Force
17 Mike McQuay 23 1986–1988 #96: Death Has A Name #116: The Killing Urge
18 Charlie McDade 8 1987–1993 #97: Meltdown #171: Deadly Force
19 Kent Delaney 1 1987 #105: Countdown to Chaos #105: Countdown to Chaos
20 Kevin Randle 1 1988 #118: Warrior's Revenge #118: Warrior's Revenge
21 Kirk Sanson 4 1989–1990 #121: Twisted Path #138: Kill Trap
22 Jack Garside 1 1989 #122: Desert Strike #122: Desert Strike
23 Mel Odom 18 1989–2003 #123: War Born #298: Final Play
24 Carl Furst 8 1989–1992 #127: Kill Zone #168: Blood Price

1990-1990

# Author Titles published Years active Debut novel Final novel Notes of interest
25 Jerry Van Cook 32[6] 1990–present #139: Cutting Edge N/A
26 Roland J. Green 4 1991–1994 #145: Chicago Payoff #183: Clean Sweep
27 Rich Rainey 9 1991–2001 #146: Deadly Tactics #275: Crossed Borders
28 William Fieldhouse 6 1992–1999 #166: Assassin's Creed #245: Virtual Destruction
29 Ron Renauld 6 1992–2010 #167: Double Action #381: Killing Ground
30 David L. Robbins 9 1993–2005 #169: White Heat #322: Time Bomb
31 Mike Linaker 16[6] 1993–present #179: War Hammer N/A
32 Michael Kasner 2 1995–1997 #198: Shoot Down #217: Fight or Die
33 Rick Price 1 1995 #201: Prime Target #201: Prime Target
34 David North 4 1996–1998 #207: Freedom Strike #232: Jackal Hunt
35 Chuck Rogers 25 [6] 1996–present #208: Death Whisper N/A
36 Tim Somheil 4 1996–2004 #215: Fire Hammer #306: Mercy Mission
37 Will Murray 1 1997 #226: Red Horse #226: Red Horse
38 Alan Philipson 4 1998–2000 #231: Slaughter Squad #261: Dawnkill
39 Mark Ellis 2 1998 #237: Hellfire Trigger #240: Devil's Guard

2000-2009

# Author Titles published Years active Debut novel Final novel Notes of interest
41 Jon Guenther 12 2000–present #255: War Bird #466: Chicago Vendetta
42 Gerald Montgomery 4 2000–2001 #262: Trigger Point #276: Leviathan
43 Douglas P. Wojtowicz 11[6] 2003–present #291: Blood Trade #N/A
44 Tim Tresslar 4[6] 2003–present #293: Death Merchants #N/A
45 Andy Boot 6[6] 2003–present #299: Dangerous Encounter #N/A
46 Nathan Meyer 4[6] 2007–present #341: Rebel Force #N/A
47 Peter Spring 3 2007–2008 #345: Orange Alert #356: Defense Breach
48 Phil Elmore 9 [6] 2007–present #345: Orange Alert N/A
49 Russell Davis 6 [6] 2009–present #371: Fire Zone N/A
50 Keith DeCandido 2 2009–2010 #373: Code of Honor #379: Deep Recon

2010-present

# Author Titles published Years active Debut novel Final novel Notes of interest
51 Darwin Holmstrom 2 2010–2011 #373: Code of Honor #379: Deep Recon
52 Travis Morgan 2 2011–2012 #393: Stand Down #401: Jungle Hunt
53 Joshua Reynolds 1 2012 #408: Border Offensive #408: Border Offensive
54 Michael A. Black 1 [6] 2013–present #419: Sleeping Dragons N/A
55 Nick Pollotta 1 2014 #423: Breakout #423: Breakout Published posthumously.[7]

References

  1. ^ according to Amazon.com
  2. ^ Kraft, David Anthony, "The Executioner Speaks Out!" (interview with Don Pendleton), Marvel Preview #2 (1975), Marvel Comics.
  3. ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series". google.com. 1975.
  4. ^ as of April 2014
  5. ^ "How To Write Books With Your Atari". atarimagazines.com.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j as of January 2014
  7. ^ Locus Publications. "Locus Online News » Nick Pollotta (1954-2013)". locusmag.com.