John Dann MacDonald (July 24, 1916 - December 28, 1986), writing as John D. MacDonald, was an American writer best known for his series of detective novels featuring protagonist Travis McGee. MacDonald was named a grand master of the Mystery Writers of America in 1972 and won the American Book Award in 1980. Stephen King praised him as "the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller." Born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, … Wikipedia
The definitive Wikipedia entry for John D. MacDonald. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._MacDonald
For my money, John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee is one of the great characters in contemporary American fiction -- not crime fiction; fiction, period -- and millions of readers surely agree. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24443-2003Nov10.html
The list below also is available in an alternate format as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet: JDMacDonald.xls . web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/guides/MacDonald4.htm
The definitive Wikipedia entry for John D. MacDonald. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D%2e_MacDonald
