Description
Correspondence, manuscripts and drafts, book reviews, photographs, contracts, royalty
statements.
Background
William John Pronzini was born in Petaluma in 1943, and. except for a short stint in
Spain, Majorca, and West Germany, has always resided in California. His first novel,
The Stalker, was published in 1971 and introduced Pronzini's famous
no-name detective. Pronzini has published nearly fifty novels, more than two hundred
shorter works, and has edited a number of anthologies. In addition to his fiction, the
author has more recently worked as a mystery editor and critic. Pronzini has used the
following pseudonyms over the years: Jack Foxx, Alex Saxon, William Jeffrey, Rick
Renault, John Barry Williams, Russell Dancer, and Robert Hart Davis. Also, Pronzini
writes Western fiction, science fiction, and stories of suspense and horror.