David L. Robbins (Oregon writer)

David Lawrence Robbins (born July 4 1950)[1] is an American author of English and Pennsylvania Dutch descent. He writes both fiction and non-fiction. He has written hundreds of books under his own name and many pen names, among them: David Thompson, Jake McMasters, Jon Sharpe, Don Pendleton, Franklin W. Dixon, Ralph Compton, Dean L. McElwain, J.D. Cameron and John Killdeer.

He has written for the following series: The Trailsman, Mack Bolan, Endworld, Blade, Wilderness, White Apache, Davy Crockett, Omega Sub and The Hardy Boys. Robbins is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the Horror Writers of America, and Western Writers of America.

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Biography

Robbins was raised in Pennsylvania. Until he was eight he lived in an outlying area of Philadelphia. Then his father was shot, and Robbins spent much of his remaining childhood and teen years on a farm owned by an Old Mennonite great aunt and uncle in Pennsylvania Dutch country. They had no indoor plumbing. Water was brought in from an outdoor pump, and they used an outhouse. The farm had forty cows, horses, hogs and chickens. When his uncle was nearly blinded by an owl that got into the milkhouse, Robbins did much of the plowing, planting and harvesting.

An avid backwoodsman, he hunted and fished extensively. Later in life he took part in search and rescue, and taught wilderness survival.

At seventeen Robbins enlisted in the United States Air Force and became a sergeant. After his honorable discharge he attended college and went into broadcasting. He worked as an announcer and engineer and later as a program director at various radio stations. Later still he entered law enforcement and then took to writing full-time.

At one time or another Robbins has lived in Pennsylvania, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Illinois, Montana, Colorado, Nebraska and the Pacific Northwest. He spent a year and a half in Europe, traveling through France, Italy, Greece and Germany. He lived for more than a year in Turkey.

His writing has been critically praised by the Pulp Rack, among others. He is perhaps best known for two current long-running series.

  1. Wilderness is the generational saga of a mountain man and his Shoshone wife. Started in 1990 and written under his David Thompson pen name, the series has over sixty books to date and is being published four times a year.
  2. Endworld is a science fiction series under his own name started in 1986. There are forty-one books and is still being published.

His work has been published in nine languages.

Bibliography

Wilderness

Written as David Thompson

  1. King Of The Mountain
  2. Lure Of The Wild
  3. Savage Rendezvous
  4. Blood Fury
  5. Tomahawk Revenge
  6. Black Powder Trail
  7. Vengenance Trail
  8. Death Hunt
  9. Mountain Devil
  10. Blackfoot Massacre
  11. Northwest Passage
  12. Apache Blood
  13. Mountain Manhunt
  14. Tenderfoot
  15. Winterkill
  16. Blood Truce
  17. Trapper's Blood
  18. Mountain Cat
  19. Iron Warrior
  20. Wolf Pack
  21. Black Powder
  1. Trail's End
  2. The Lost Valley
  3. Mountain Madness
  4. Frontier Mayhem
  5. Blood Feud
  6. Gold Rage
  7. The Quest
  8. Mountain Nightmare
  9. Savages
  10. Blood Kin
  11. The Westward Tide
  12. Fang And Claw
  13. Trackdown
  14. Frontier Fury
  15. The Tempest
  16. Perils In The Wind
  17. Mountain Man
  18. Firewater
  19. Scar
  20. By Duty Bound
  21. Flames Of Justice
  1. Vengeance
  2. Shadow Realms
  3. In Cruel Clutches
  4. Untamed Country
  5. Reap The Whirlwind
  6. Lord Grizzly
  7. Wolverine
  8. People Of The Forest
  9. Comanche Moon
  10. Glacier Terror
  11. The Rising Storm
  12. Pure Of Heart
  13. Into The Unknown
  14. In Darkest Depths
  15. Fear Weaver
  16. Cry Freedom
  17. Only The Strong
  18. The Outcast (June 2009)
  19. The Scalp Hunters (September 2009)

Giant Wilderness

Endworld

Main article: Endworld

Endworld is a Scifi series launched in 1986[2] under the name David Robbins. The novels take place in a post-apocalyptic USA.

Blade

Blade is a 13 novel sequel to Endworld written as David Robbins.

  1. First Strike
  2. Outland Strike
  3. Vampire Strike
  4. Pipeline Strike
  5. Pirate Strike
  6. Crusher Strike
  7. Terror Strike
  8. Devil Strike
  9. L.A. Strike
  10. Dead Zone Strike
  11. Quest Strike
  12. Death Master Strike
  13. Venegance Strike

White Apache

Written as: Jake McMasters

Davy Crockett

Written as: David Thompson

Compton Novels

Written as: Ralph Compton

The Executioner

Written as: Don Pendleton

SuperBolans

Written as: Don Pendleton

The Trailsman

  • #118: Arizona Slaughter
  • #120: Wyoming Manhunt
  • #122: Gold Fever
  • #123: Desert Death
  • #125: Blood Prairie
  • #127: Nevada Warpath
  • #128: Snake River Butcher
  • #131: Bear Town Bloodshed
  • #135: Mountain Mayhem
  • #138: Silver Fury
  • #141: Tomahawk Justice
  • #144: Abilene Ambush
  • #146: Nebraska Nightmare
  • #149: Springfielf Sharpshooters
  • #152: Prairie Fire
  • #155: Oklahoma Ordeal
  • #158: Texas Terror
  • #161: Rogue River Feud
  • #164: Nez Perce Nightmare
  • #166: Colorado Carnage
  • #169: Soccoro Slaughter
  • #170: Utah Trackdown
  • #173: Washington Warpath
  • #174: Death Valley Bloodbath
  • #177: Colorado Wolfpack
  • #178: Apache Arrows
  • #183: Bayou Bloodbath
  • #184: Rocky Mountain Nightmare
  • #187: Sioux War Cry
  • #190: Pecos Death
  • #192: Durango Duel
  • #197: Utah Uprising
  • #199: Wyoming Wildcats
  • #201: Salmon River Rage
  • #205: Mountain Mankillers
  • #208: Arizona Renegades
  • #211: Badlands Bloodbath
  • #214: Texas Hellion
  • #216: High Sierra Horror
  • #217: Dakota Deception
  • #220: Montana Gunsharps
  • #222: Colorado Diamond Dupe
  • #226: Nebraska Slaying Ground
  • #228: Wyoming Warcry
  • #232: Pacific Phantoms
  • #235: Flathead Fury
  • #237: Dakota Damnation
  • #244: Pacific Polecats
  • #247: Seven Devils Slaughter
  • #251: Utah Uproar
  • #257: Colorado Cutthroats
  • #261: Desert Death Trap
  • #264: Snake River Ruins
  • #272: Nevada Nemesis
  • #275: Ozarks Onslaught
  • #278: Mountain Manhunt
  • #284: Dakota Prairie Pirates
  • #295: Oasis Of Blood
  • #300: Backwoods Bloodbath
  • #303: Terror Trackdown
  • #306: Nebraska Night Riders
  • #310: Alaskan Vengeance
  • #312: Shanghied Six-Guns
  • #313: Missouri Manhunt
  • #317: Mountain Mystery

Giant Trailsman

Mountain Majesty

Preacher's Law

Omega Sub

Suspense

Horror novels

Movie adaptations

Non-fiction

Single novels

The Hardy Boys

Written as: Franklin W. Dixon

References

  1. ^ Library of Congress authority record, mirrored through LibraryThing
  2. ^ "David Robbins bio". Fantastic Fiction. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/david-robbins/. Retrieved 2008-02-19. 

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