Brett Halliday
(1904-1977)
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Brett Halliday (July 31, 1904 – February 4, 1977) is the primary pen name of Davis Dresser, an American mystery and western writer. Halliday is best known for the long-lived series of Michael Shayne mysteries he wrote and later commissioned others to write. Dresser wrote westerns, non-series mysteries, and romances under the names Asa Baker, Matthew Blood, Kathryn Culver, Don Davis, Hal Debrett, Anthony Scott, Peter Field, and Anderson Wayne.
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Davis Dresser 31 July 1904 Chicago, Illinois, USA
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| Died |
4 February 1977 (aged 72) Montecito, California, USA
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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