Brian Garfield
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Brian Francis Wynne Garfield (born 1939) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and producer. He wrote his first published book at the age of eighteen years, [1] and wrote several novels under such pen names as Frank Wynne and Brian Wynne before gaining prominence when his book Hopscotch (1975) won the 1976 Edgar Award for Best Novel. He is best known for his 1972 novel Death Wish, which was adapted for the 1974 film of the same title, followed by four sequels. He is also the author of The Thousand-Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History. His 1975 sequel novel to Death Wish, Death Sentence is currently being filmed to theatres for a 2007 release.
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[edit] Pen names
- Bennett Garland
- Alex Hawk
- John Ives
- Drew Mallory
- Frank O'Brian
- Jonas Ward
- Brian Wynne
- Frank Wynne
- Garfield is also sometimes credited as Brian Wynne Garfield
[edit] Selected filmography
- Death Wish (1974)
- The Last Hard Men (1976) (based on Gun Down)
- Relentless (TV) (1977)
- Hopscotch (1980) (and screenwriter)
- Legs (TV) (1983)
- Fleshburn (1984) (based on Fear in a Handful of Dust) (pen name John Ives)
- The Stepfather (1987)
- Necessity (TV) (1988)
- Death Sentence (2007)
[edit] See also
List of Ace Western Double Titles
