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403 authors, each with their books in publication order. Authors are filed by the first letter of their name as written, in alphabetical order.

Authors 121–180 of 403

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Patrick Robinson

24 books 4 series

Patrick Robinson, born in 1940, is a British novelist and newspaper columnist best known for naval thrillers. Those novels build each plot around a crisis facing the world in the early 21st century, with US Navy SEALs, submarine warfare and terrorism as recurring material; Admiral Arnold Morgan and Mack Bedford anchor the two main series. Robinson also wrote four non-fiction books on thoroughbred horses, plus True Blue, an account of the 1987 Oxford Boat Race mutiny co-written with Dan Topolski that won the first William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 1989, and One Hundred Days, a biography of Admiral Sir Sandy Woodward. The catalogue holds 24 books from 1985 to 2023.

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Patrick Rothfuss

11 books 4 series

Patrick Rothfuss is an American fantasy author, born in 1973, known for The Kingkiller Chronicle. The Name of the Wind (2007) was Rothfuss's first novel and took several awards; the sequel, The Wise Man's Fear (2011), reached the top of the New York Times bestseller list. Eleven catalogued books run through to The Narrow Road Between Desires (2023), covering quests, orphans and demons alongside The Adventures of Princess and Mr. Whiffle picture books and graphic novel work. No new title has followed 2023.

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Patrick Ryan

15 books 2 series

Patrick Ryan's listing combines novels such as Send Me (2006) and Buckeye (2025) with books published as P.E. Ryan, including Saints of Augustine (2007), In Mike We Trust (2009) and Gemini Bites (2011). The listing also carries juvenile country and state titles, among them Indonesia (1997), South Korea (1998), Greece (2003) and Arizona: The Grand Canyon State (2013), and Countries: Faces and Places is the only named series. Juvenile literature, travel, Indonesia, Greece and children's fiction appear among the subjects.

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Patrick Samphire

10 books 3 series

Patrick Samphire is a British writer and physicist. Secrets of the Dragon Tomb (2016) opens a catalogue of 10 books that reaches The Dead Man in 2025. Mennik Thorn, Secrets of the Dragon Tomb and Casebook of Harriet George are the three series recorded under the name. The subject records run to science fiction and children's fiction, with kidnapping, family life, eccentrics, robbers and outlaws, and adventure among them. The median Samphire book runs 352 pages.

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Patrick Taylor

23 books 4 series

Patrick Taylor's Irish Country novels follow two doctors, Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly and Barry Laverty, in rural Northern Ireland. A second line, the Irish Troubles books, turns to political violence. Taylor's catalogue holds 23 titles, from The West Clare Railway (1994) to An Irish Country Yuletide (2021), with short stories and non-fiction alongside. No new Taylor title has appeared since 2021.

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Patrick White

26 books

Patrick White (1912-1990) was an Australian novelist and playwright and the only Australian to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded in 1973. White wrote about religious experience, personal identity and visionary individuals set against a conformist, materialistic society. A modernist style drawn from Joyce, Lawrence and Woolf set White apart from the realist tradition of Australian prose and split local critics. The 26 catalogued books run from Happy Valley (1939) to the posthumous The Hanging Garden (2012), with Voss and The Tree of Man among them.

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Patti Benning

300 books 20 series

Cozy mystery is Patti Benning's entire field, and food supplies many of the titles. Benning's catalogue reaches 300 books published between 2016 and 2026, opening with Killer Caramel Cookies and arriving at Barbecue Bedlam. Papa Pacelli's Pizzeria and Darling Deli sit alongside Search and Rescue, Rambling RV, Sit, Stay, Sleep, Nightsmith Novelties, Real Estate Rescue, Egret Isle and Cozy Mystery Tails of Alaska. Benning remains in active publication.

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Patti Callahan Henry

19 books 1 series

Family secrets, marriage and the ties between fathers and daughters run through Patti Callahan Henry's fiction. Losing the Moon (2004) opens the catalogue, followed by Where the River Runs (2005), Between the Tides (2007), The Art of Keeping Secrets (2008) and Driftwood Summer (2009). Nineteen titles are catalogued, reaching The Story She Left Behind in 2025.

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Patti Larsen

223 books 36 series

Patti Larsen's catalogue is one of the largest in the directory: 223 books published between Cat City (2010) and Caught Dead (2026). Young adult fantasy and horror fill the early run, Hayle Coven, Hayle Coven Destinies, Whitewitch Island, the Nightshade Cases, while the later books turn to cosy mystery in the Fiona Fleming, Fleming Investigations, Daisy Bruce, Persephone Pringle and Delaine Baker series. Ghosts, siblings, orphans and witches recur throughout.

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Patti Smith

19 books 1 series

Patti Smith (Patricia Lee Smith, born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet and author who combines rock and poetry. The 1975 album Horses placed Smith in the New York City punk rock movement. Because the Night, co-written with Bruce Springsteen, reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978. The catalogue lists 19 books from Seventh Heaven (1972) to Bread of Angels: A Memoir (2025), including Babel (1978), Woolgathering (1992) and Auguries of Innocence (2005). Smith entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.

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Patton Oswalt

8 books 4 series

Patton Oswalt is an American stand-up comedian and actor, born January 27, 1969. Oswalt played Spence Olchin in the sitcom The King of Queens and narrated The Goldbergs. Eight catalogued books run from Zombie Spaceship Wasteland (2011) to Archie vs Minor Threats (2026), with Silver Screen Fiend (2015) and TCM Underground (2022) between them. Oswalt's catalogued series is Minor Threats. Subjects recorded against the books include biography, comedians and motion pictures.

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Patty Jansen

56 books 11 series

Patty Jansen writes science fiction and fantasy. Ambassador is the largest sequence, joined by the Icefire and Moonfire Trilogies, Ghostspeaker Chronicles, Dragonspeaker Chronicles, Return of the Aghyrians, Project Charon and the ISF-Allion Universe. 56 catalogued books run from Charlotte's Army (2011) to The Unfolding Army (2022), with the 2010s the busiest decade. Jansen also published a guide to making a sustainable living from fiction. The median book runs 304 pages.

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Paty Jager

74 books 11 series

Paty Jager divides 74 books between historical western romance and mystery. The Halsey Brothers and the Petticoat titles carry the romance, beginning with Gambling on an Angel and Marshal in Petticoats in 2006, while the Shandra Higheagle Mystery, Gabriel Hawke and Spotted Pony Casino series carry the crime. Jager reached Captured Hummingbird in 2026 and keeps publishing.

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Paul Antony Jones

10 books 2 series

Paul Antony Jones writes science fiction. Catalogue subjects record the end of the world, survivalism, virus diseases, women journalists and horror. Two series are listed: Extinction Point and This Alien Earth. Jones's 10 catalogued books run from Toward Yesterday (2011) to The Children of Tomorrow (2020), all credited alone, taking in Extinction Point (2012), Exodus (2013), Revelations (2014), Genesis (2015), The Darkening (2016), Kings (2017), A Memory of Mankind (2019) and The Paths Between Worlds (2019).

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Paul Auster

45 books 1 series

Paul Auster, born in 1947 and died in 2024, was an American novelist, memoirist, poet and filmmaker whose fiction keeps returning to New York, authorship and the shape of a life. The New York Trilogy, City of Glass, Ghosts and The Locked Room, is the best known work, alongside Moon Palace (1989), The Music of Chance (1990), The Book of Illusions (2002), The Brooklyn Follies (2005), Invisible (2009), Sunset Park (2010), Winter Journal (2012) and 4 3 2 1 (2017). Auster's books have been translated into more than 40 languages. Forty-five titles are catalogued, from White Spaces (1980) to Bloodbath Nation (2023).

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Paul Austin Ardoin

20 books 3 series

Coroner mysteries make up the core of Paul Austin Ardoin's catalogue: The Reluctant Coroner, The Incumbent Coroner, The Candidate Coroner and their successors carry the Fenway Stevenson series. Two other sequences run alongside, the Woodhead & Becker Mysteries, also published as Murders of Substance, and Time Loop Detective. Twenty books have appeared since Bad Weather in 2018, the latest The Disloyal Coroner in 2025.

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Paul B. Skousen

12 books 1 series

Paul B. Skousen is credited with 12 books from 2004 to 2022, on subjects including Mormons, history, world records and socialism in the United States. The first is The Skousen Book of Mormon World Records (2004), and the newest is The Federalist Papers Made Easier (2022). Skousen's series is Bassam. Other titles include The Naked Socialist (2012), How to Read the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence (2016) and Zafir and the Seventh Scroll (2016).

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Paul Clayton

13 books 1 series

Paul Clayton writes historical fiction and thrillers, with subject headings covering Native Americans, the Muskogean peoples, the Vietnam War, Virginia and the Southern states. The catalogue lists 13 books from 2003 to 2026 and the Calling Crow series. Carl Melcher Goes to Vietnam (2003) is the first title. Calling Crow, Calling Crow Nation and Flight of the Crow all appeared in 2011. Seeing Sunny Again (2026) is the newest, and Clayton is still publishing.

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Paul Cleave

14 books 3 series

Paul Cleave is a crime writer from New Zealand. The catalogue holds 14 books published between 2006 and 2023, opening with The Cleaner (2006) and running through Cemetery Lake (2008), Blood Men (2010), The Laughterhouse (2012) and Trust No One (2015). The Theodore Tate and Cleaner series sit alongside a body of standalone novels. Serial murder, private investigation and psychological suspense are the recurring subjects.

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Paul Cornell

74 books 23 series

Paul Cornell, born Paul Douglas Cornell on 18 July 1967, is a British writer of television drama, comics and Doctor Who fiction. Cornell created Bernice Summerfield, a spin-off companion of the Doctor, and has written for Robin Hood, Primeval, Casualty, Holby City and Coronation Street, plus an episode of the American series Elementary. Comics work spans British titles, Marvel Comics and DC Comics, and Cornell has published six original novels. Cornell is one of two people nominated for Hugo Awards in prose, comics and television. The catalogue runs from Revelation (1991) to Who Killed Nessie? (2025), with series such as Witches of Lychford, Shadow Police, Captain Britain and MI13 and Demon Knights.

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Paul D. Gilbert

13 books 4 series

Sherlock Holmes pastiche accounts for the catalogue attributed to Paul D. Gilbert, with Holmes and Watson listed among the recorded fictional characters. Two series run under the Gilbert name: Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes and Odyssey of Sherlock Holmes. The 13 catalogued books open with The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes (2007) and take in Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra (2010), the Adventure of the Risen Corpse (2017) and the Unholy Trinity (2019). Several entries in the listing also carry credits for Dacre Stoker, Will Murray, Matthew J. Elliott, Craig Janacek and other writers.

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Paul D. Marks

11 books 2 series

Paul D. Marks was an American writer of novels and short stories who died on February 28, 2021. White Heat, a mystery-thriller set during the 1992 Rodney King riots, received the first Shamus Award for Independent Private Eye Novel from the Private Eye Writers of America. The story Ghosts of Bunker Hill topped the 2016 Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Choice Award and earned a Macavity nomination. Duke Rogers P.I. and Bobby Saxon are listed series, and The Blues Don't Care (2020) is the newest title.

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Paul Di Filippo

47 books 5 series

Paul Di Filippo, born October 29, 1954, is an American science fiction writer and a regular reviewer. Review work has appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Science Fiction Eye, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Interzone and Nova Express, online at Science Fiction Weekly, and since 2013 in Locus. Di Filippo belongs to the Turkey City Writer's Workshop, and the novella A Year in the Linear City earned a Hugo nomination for Best Novella. The catalogue lists 47 books from Ribofunk (1996) to Vangie's Ghosts (2024).

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Paul Doherty

127 books 15 series

Paul Doherty writes historical mysteries set largely in England, with 127 books catalogued from The Death of a King (1985) to The Meadows of Murder (2026). Recurring detectives include Hugh Corbett, Brother Athelstan, Kathryn Swinbrooke and Amerotke. Other series cover the Canterbury Tales Mysteries, Ancient Rome, Egyptian Mysteries, Nicholas Segalla, Mathilde of Westminster, Margaret Beaufort and Vlad Drakulya. Satan in St Mary's (1986) and Spy in Chancery (1988) are among the early titles.

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Paul Doiron

26 books 2 series

Paul Doiron is the author of the Mike Bowditch series of crime novels. Subjects attached to the books include game wardens, wilderness areas, Maine, missing persons and murder. The catalogue holds 26 books between 1998 and 2026; the earliest listed title is Eating Between The Lines (1998), and The Poacher's Son (2010), Trespasser (2011), Bad Little Falls (2012) and Massacre Pond (2013) follow. Storm Tide (2026) is the newest entry.

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Paul Finch

75 books 14 series

Paul Finch is an English author and scriptwriter who started on the television series The Bill and wrote for children's animation before turning to prose. More than 300 Finch short stories have run in magazines including All Hallows and Black Static, and Finch edits the Terror Tales horror anthologies. The catalogue holds 79 books from The Shadows Beneath (2000) onward, with In the Forest of the Night in 2026 and Dark Skies scheduled for 2027. DS Mark Heckenburg anchors the crime novels and Lucy Clayburn is a second heading; Finch has also written Doctor Who tie-in work. Anthology volumes such as The Black Book of Horror sit in the listing alongside the novels.

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Paul Fraser Collard

14 books 2 series

Paul Fraser Collard writes historical fiction featuring the character Jack Lark. The catalogue records 14 books between 2013 and 2023, including Jack Lark short stories and novellas. The Scarlet Thief (2013) is the first listed title, with The Maharajah's General from the same year. Later books include The Devil's Assassin (2015), The True Soldier (2017) and The Rebel Killer (2018). Subjects include the Crimean War and the American Civil War. Diamond Hunter (2023) is the latest.

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Paul French

27 books 1 series

Paul French writes history and social history, with China and North Korea as the recurring subjects. The catalogue holds 27 books published between 1998 and 2026. One Billion Shoppers (1998) opens it, and North Korea: The Paranoid Peninsula (2005) and Carl Crow, a Tough Old China Hand (2006) follow. Midnight in Peking and Badlands: Decadent Playground of Old Peking share a 2012 date, and The Last Emperor of China: Twilight of the Forbidden City is listed for 2026. Subject tags name Shanghai, Beijing, crime in China, and North Korean politics and economic conditions.

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Paul Gallico

45 books 3 series

Paul Gallico (1897-1976) wrote novels, short stories and sports journalism, and many of his books reached the screen. The Snow Goose (1941) is his most critically successful title; The Poseidon Adventure is known mainly through the 1972 film; and four novels follow the character Mrs. Harris, catalogued here as the Mrs. 'Arris series. The Dunkirk evacuation of 1940, the Second World War, cats, geese and Paris recur among his subjects, across 45 catalogued titles that open with The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (1939). Books median 160 pages, and the 1960s were Gallico's heaviest decade.

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Paul Gitsham

14 books 2 series

Paul Gitsham writes mystery and detective fiction featuring DCI Warren Jones, and the catalogue also groups a DCI Warren Jones Short Stories/Novellas series. The 14 listed books run from 2014 to 2024, starting with The Last Straw and No Smoke Without Fire in 2014. Blood Is Thicker Than Water, A Case Gone Cold and A Price To Pay appear along the way. The Aftermath (2024) is the newest title, and Gitsham remains active.

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Paul Hattaway

14 books

Paul Hattaway writes on Christianity, with 14 catalogued books dated 2000 to 2020. The Heavenly Man, the true story of the Chinese Christian Brother Yun, and Operation China both appeared in 2000. Subject tags include Christians in China, church history, Christian biography, missions, ethnology and minorities. China's Christian Martyrs (2007), Henan: The Galilee of China (2009), Guizhou: The Precious Province (2018) and the autobiography An Asian Harvest (2017) are listed. Tibet: The Roof of the World (2020) is the latest title.

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Paul Heatley

45 books 4 series

Paul Heatley writes action thrillers and crime fiction. The catalogue holds 45 books published between 2015 and 2026, opening with six 2015 titles - The Boy, The Mess, The Motel Whore, The Pitbull, The Vampire and Three - and reaching Close Range in 2026. Tom Rollins Thriller is the largest series, alongside An Eye For An Eye, First Sleeper and Christmas Crime Story. Books run to a median 222 pages, and Heatley remains actively publishing.

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Paul J. Bennett

43 books 4 series

Paul J. Bennett's catalogue holds 43 books published between 2017 and 2026, organised into four series: Heir to the Crown, Frozen Flame, Power Ascending and the Chronicles of Cyric. Crowns, magic and invented realms give the titles their vocabulary. A long run of Crown books forms the spine, from Servant of the Crown (2017) through Sword of the Crown, Heart of the Crown, Burden of the Crown and Fate of the Crown to Victory of the Crown in 2026. Mercerian Tales: Stories of the Past (2018) collects shorter pieces, and the books sit at a median of 340 pages.

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Paul J. McAuley

44 books 7 series

Paul J. McAuley, born 23 April 1955, is a British botanist and science fiction author who writes mostly hard science fiction. Biotechnology, alternative history and space travel are recurring themes in McAuley's novels. The first was the far-future space opera Four Hundred Billion Stars (1988), followed by Eternal Light and the planetary-colony adventure Of the Fall. Red Dust (1993) is set on a far-future Mars colonised by the Chinese. The catalogue holds 44 McAuley books running to Loss Protocol (2026), and the series include Quiet War and Confluence.

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Paul J. Teague

46 books 7 series

Paul J. Teague writes psychological thrillers and crime fiction, 46 catalogued books between 2014 and 2024. The series include Morecambe Bay, Detective Hollie Turner, Don't Tell Meg Trilogy, Secret Bunker, Grid, By Strength and Guile, and Non-Stop Action Psychological Thrillers. Teague also publishes nonfiction as P. Teague, including How To Build Your Author Platform (2015) and two volumes of Using Facebook For Business. Darkness Falls (2014) opens the catalogue and Her Final Secret (2024) closes it so far, at a median of 335 pages.

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Paul Kemprecos

12 books 2 series

Paul Kemprecos writes mysteries and adventure fiction. Aristotle Socarides, a Greek American private investigator on Cape Cod, carries six underwater detective thrillers that won Kemprecos a Shamus Award, starting with Cool Blue Tomb (1991). Kemprecos also co-wrote the NUMA Files with Clive Cussler, a series built on Kurt Austin of NUMA's Special Assignments Team. The catalogue holds 12 titles, reaching The God in the Sea (2024), and takes in the Matt Hawkins adventures.

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Paul Knox

10 books

Paul Knox writes action thrillers. The catalogue holds 10 books dated between 2020 and 2023, all credited to Knox. Six titles are dated 2020: Blatant Lies, Her Perfect Grave, Hidden and Watching, If You Hurt Her, Mind of a Killer and The Murder Secret. Four more are dated 2023: Betrayal and Justice, Crescent, Song of Ruse and Try to Breathe. No new Knox title has been catalogued since 2023.

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Paul Krassner

16 books 1 series

Paul Krassner (1932-2019) was an American satirist who founded and edited The Realist, the freethought magazine he launched in 1958. Krassner joined Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters, helped found the Yippies, and is credited with coining that name. The 16 catalogued books run from Tales of Tongue Fu (1981) to Zapped By The God Of Absurdity (2019), and cover American humour, satire, drugs, politics and 1960s subculture. Best of the Realist (1984) collects work from the magazine.

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Paul L. Thompson

197 books 14 series

Paul L. Thompson has 197 books in the catalogue, published between 1999 and 2026. The Littlest Gun (1999) comes first and Count Three And Die (2026) is the most recent. Series include U.S. Marshal Shorty Thompson, Bounty Hunters, Marshal Gideon Driscoll, Eli Dallas: Gunfighter, Calhoun Western Ranching and A John Hayes: Texas Ranger Western. Casey Nash is credited on 12 of the books.

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Paul Levine

28 books 3 series

Legal thrillers make up most of Paul Levine's work. Jake Lassiter, a former football player turned Miami lawyer, carries fifteen of the 28 catalogued books, starting with To Speak for the Dead (1990). Levine also wrote the four Solomon vs. Lord novels in the mid-2000s and the Einstein-Chaplin books, which draw on the friendship between Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin. Miami, murder trials and lawyers fill the subject tags, and Midnight Patriots (2026) is his newest title.

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Paul Magrs

89 books 22 series

Paul Magrs, whose surname is pronounced Mars, is an English writer and lecturer born on 12 November 1969 in Jarrow and now living in Manchester. The catalogue holds 89 books from Marked For Life (1995) to Doctor Who: 1,001 Nights in Time and Space (2026), with subjects spanning science fiction, fantasy, Doctor Who and children's fiction. Series credited to Magrs include Brenda & Effie Mystery, Phoenix Court, Lora Trilogy, Baker's End and Tales of Hyspero. Early titles include Does It Show? (1996), The Scarlet Empress (1998) and Verdigris (2000).

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Paul Mann

13 books 3 series

The Libyan Contract (1988) opens the 13-book catalogue of Paul Mann, which closes with Die Cool (2018). Mann is credited with the Colin Lynch, George Sansi and Splatter Trilogy series. The Beirut Contract, The Traitor's Contract and The Britannia Contract appeared between 1989 and 1993, and Season of the Monsoon, The Ganja Coast and The Burning Ghats date from 1993 to 1996. Subject tags include espionage, thrillers, terrorists, the Middle East, drug traffic and the hijacking of ships.

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Paul McCusker

35 books

Paul McCusker writes Christian time-travel adventures for readers in grades 1 to 3. Cousins travel into historical episodes, one per book: Voyage with the Vikings (2011), Attack at the Arena, Peril in the Palace, Problems in Plymouth, Revenge of the Red Knight and Battle for Cannibal Island. Christian life, history and druids appear among the listed subjects, and the books tie to the AIO series. McCusker's 35 catalogued titles run from 2011 to Faith in the Flames (2026), at a median of 144 pages.

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Paul Murray

4 books

The Bee Sting (2023) is the most recent of four novels by Paul Murray, an Irish writer born in 1975 who also works in essays, short fiction and screenwriting. Before it came The Mark and the Void (2015), Skippy Dies (2010) and his first book, An Evening of Long Goodbyes (2003). Private schools, teenage boys and the children of rich families supply much of the material. Murray wrote the screenplay for Metal Heart.

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Paul O Williams

12 books 2 series

Paul O Williams wrote science fiction, and the recorded subjects include nuclear warfare, the regression of civilization, tribes, exiles, subterranean civilization and the Middle West. The two series on record are Pelbar Cycle and Gorboduc. The catalogue holds 12 books from The Edge of the Woods (1968) to These Audacious Maples (2007). The Breaking of Northwall (1981), The Dome in the Forest (1981), The Fall of the Shell (1982), The Song of the Axe (1984) and The Sword of Forbearance (1985) are other titles.

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Paul Pilkington

11 books 3 series

Paul Pilkington writes psychological suspense and mystery, with the DCI Paul Cullen and Emma Holden series in a catalogue of 11 books from 2011 to 2023. Someone to Save You (2011) and The One You Love (2011) are the earliest. The One You Fear and The One You Trust followed, and Emma Holden and Me (2014) is filed under Emma Holden Non-Fiction. Later titles include For Your Own Protection, Long Gone, Fallen Angel and Dead Ahead. Deep Sleeper (2023) is the newest, and subjects include stalking and kidnapping.

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Paul Rudnick

19 books

Paul Rudnick, born 29 December 1957, is an American playwright, novelist, screenwriter and essayist. Rudnick plays have been staged on and off Broadway, and the Rudnick screenplays include Sister Act, Addams Family Values, In & Out and Jeffrey. Under the pen name Libby Gelman-Waxner, Rudnick also wrote film criticism. The catalogue lists 19 books from Social Disease (1986) through I Hate Hamlet (1991) and Jeffrey (1994) to The Tuxedo Society, dated 2026.

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Paul Scott

20 books 1 series

The Raj Quartet is the defining work of Paul Mark Scott, an English novelist who lived from 25 March 1920 to 1 March 1978. Staying On won Scott the 1977 Booker Prize, and Granada Television adapted the Quartet in the 1980s. Born in suburban London, Scott served in India, Burma and Malaya in the Second World War and worked as a literary agent before writing full time from 1960. The catalogue lists 20 books from Johnnie Sahib (1952), including The Jewel in the Crown (1966), plus a 2011 volume of Scott's letters.

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Paul Stewart

79 books 13 series

Paul Stewart, born June 1955, writes children's books and works with the illustrator Chris Riddell on three series: The Edge Chronicles, the Free Lance novels and Far-Flung Adventures. The catalogue begins with The Thought Domain (1988) and The Weather Witch (1989). Stewart's other series include Blobheads, Football Mad, Muddle Earth Trilogy, Barnaby Grimes, Wyrmeweald and Spinechillers. Fantasy, quests, knights and soccer stories are among the subjects.

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Paul Sussman

6 books 1 series

Paul Sussman (1966-2012) was an English novelist, archaeologist and journalist. Egypt, antiquities and archaeological excavation run through the fiction, with Yusuf Khalifa the named series; titles include The Lost Army of Cambyses (2002), The Last Secret of the Temple (2005), The Hidden Oasis (2008) and The Labyrinth of Osiris (2012). The Independent called the novels the intelligent reader's answer to The Da Vinci Code. Six titles are catalogued, opening with Death by Spaghetti (1996) and closing with The Final Testimony of Raphael Ignatius Phoenix (2014).

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Paul Theroux

68 books 1 series

Travel writing and fiction have occupied Paul Theroux since 1968. Born in 1941, the American writer is catalogued here with 68 books, from Fong and the Indians (1968) to True North: On the Road in Canada (2026). The Great Railway Bazaar (1975) is his best known travelogue. The Mosquito Coast took the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1981, was filmed in 1986 and became a television series in 2021. Railways, voyages and description of place recur throughout the catalogue, which is ongoing.

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Paul Tobin

68 books 12 series

Paul Tobin writes comics and graphic novels, with children's fiction, science fiction, fantasy, horror and humour among the subjects. The 69 catalogued books start with Hulk and Power Pack Digest: Pack Smash! Digest (2007) and include Thwip! (2009), Colder (2012) and Lawnmageddon (2013). Series include Plants Vs. Zombies, Bandette, Colder, Genius Factor and Adventures of Captain James Owen. String (2025) is the newest title, and Messenger is scheduled for 2027.

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Paul Tobin and Ron Chan share credit on 27 children's graphic novels featuring plants and zombies. The books run from Lawnmageddon (2013) and Timepocalypse (2014) through Garden Warfare Volume 1 (2016) and Lawn of Doom (2018). The Tobin and Chan partnership continues into 2026 with It's a Dogz Life. A typical volume runs to about 88 pages.

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Paul Tomlinson

15 books 4 series

Paul Tomlinson has 15 catalogued books from 2016 to 2021, and the subject tags include creative writing guides, plotting, and writing mysteries, thrillers and crime. Four series are listed: Outlaws of the Galaxy, Thurlambria, Great Vicari Mysteries and Genre Writer. Robot Wrecker (2016) is the first title, with Slayer of Dragons and The Sword in the Stone-Dead in the same year. Murder by Magic (2017) and The Missing Magician (2018) are also listed, and Bounty Hunter (2021) is the newest.

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Paul Torday

10 books

Paul Torday (1 August 1946 – 18 December 2013) was a British writer. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, a comic novel, won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic writing in 2007 and the Waverton Good Read Award in 2008; BBC Radio 4 serialised the novel, and a 2011 feature film of the same name starred Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt. Ten books are catalogued, from The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce / Bordeaux (2005) to The Death of an Owl (2016), taking in The Girl on the Landing (2009), The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall (2011), Theo (2012) and Light Shining In The Forest (2013).

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Paul Tremblay

22 books 5 series

Horror, dark fantasy and science fiction make up Paul Tremblay's work, and Tremblay, born in 1971, edits as well as writes. A Head Full of Ghosts, The Cabin at the End of the World and Survivor Song are the most widely read of the novels. Private investigation, Boston, paranoia and narcolepsy recur as subjects, and the Mark Genevich series runs beside the standalone books. Twenty-two titles are catalogued through Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep (2026). Tremblay has won multiple Bram Stoker Awards and sat as a juror for the Shirley Jackson Awards.

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Paul Vidich

7 books 2 series

Cold War espionage is Paul Vidich's subject, written around the Central Intelligence Agency and its operations from Korea to Cuba. Seven books are catalogued: An Honorable Man (2016), The Good Assassin (2017), The Coldest Warrior (2020), The Mercenary (2021), The Matchmaker (2022), Beirut Station (2023) and The Poet's Game. George Mueller and Alex Matthews head the two series.

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Paul Watkins

20 books 1 series

Paul Watkins, born in 1964, is an American novelist who wrote Night Over Day Over Night (1988) at the age of 16. Educated at the Dragon School, Eton and Yale, Watkins teaches and is writer-in-residence at The Peddie School, and lives in Hightstown, New Jersey. Stand Before Your God recalls the Dragon School and Eton years. The 20-book list includes The Promise of Light and Archangel, plus the Inspector Pekkala series, and The Elegant Lie (2019) carries the name Sam Eastland.

Paul Watkins books in order
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Paul Zunckel

9 books 2 series

Paul Zunckel published nine catalogued books between 2014 and 2019, opening with Blood Demon (2014) and ending with two 2019 titles, Mask of Deceit and Whispers in the Wind. The Piet van Zyl Adventures series carries the name. Three titles carry a 2017 date: Blood Moon Over Africa, The Devil in Eden and The Smoke That Thunders. Two books have a recorded length, at a median of 183 pages.

Paul Zunckel books in order
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Paula Bernstein

9 books 2 series

Paula Bernstein is credited on 9 catalogued books published between 2012 and 2022, with mystery and detective fiction and LGBTQ+ subjects recorded against them. Potpourri (2012) stands first in the list. Eight further titles open with the word Murder: Murder by Lethal Injection, Murder In A Private School and Murder in the Family (2019); Murder in the Goldilocks Zone, Murder In Vitro, Murder is a Nightmare and Murder On Her Honeymoon (2020); and Murder is a Hate Crime (2022). Hannah Kline Mysteries is the recorded series.

Paula Bernstein books in order