Mysterious Press
1/2/2019
We're very sad to share the news that author Brian Garfield died on Dec. 29. Garfield was an award winning author, screenwriter, and film producer. He wrote more than 70 novels, a mix of Westerns, mystery, and non-fiction, including Death Wish and Hopscotch.
Brian Garfield was one of the country’s most prolific writes of thrillers, westerns and other genre fiction. Raised in Arizona, Garfield found success at an early age, publishing his first novel when he was only eighteen. After time in the Army, a few years touring with a jazz band, and a Master’s Degree from the University of Arizona, he settled into writing full time.
Garfield is a past president of the Mystery Writers of America and the Western Writers of America, and the only author to have held both offices. Nineteen of his novels have been made into films, including Death Wish (1972), The Last Hard Men (1976) and Hopscotch (1975), for which he wrote the screenplay. To date, his novels have sold over twenty million copies worldwide. He and his wife live in California. You can find his website at this link.
Funeral arrangements are pending, with a memorial service to be announced. He is survived by his wife, Bina, his cousins Gywnne Glenn, Rebecca and Elizabeth Allen, and numerous Garfield cousins. In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to be sent to The Wildlife Waystation, Sylmar, Calif.
Brian was a fantastic writer and we were honored to publish an extensive portion of his backlist, which you can find here.
Pen names used Bennett Garland, Alex Hawk, John Ives, Drew Mallory, Frank O'Brian, Jonas Ward, Brian Wynne, Frank Wynne
GARFIELD, Brian (Brian Francis Wynne Garfield)
Born: 1/26/1939, New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Died: 12/29/2018, U.S.A.
Brian Garfield’s westerns – novelist:
Range Justice - 1960
The Arizonans – 1961
Massacre Basin – 1961
Arizona Rider - 1962
The Big Snow – 1962
The Lawbringers – 1962
7 Brave Men - 1962
Trail Drive – 1962
Apache Canyon – 1963
Dragoon Pass – 1963
High Storm - 1963
Vultures in the Sun – 1963
The Last Outlaw – 1964
Mr. Sixgun - 1964
Rails West – 1964
Rio Concho – 1964
The Vanquished – 1964
Lynch Law Canyon – 1965
The Night It Rained Bullets – 1965
The Bravo - 1966
Bugle & Spur - 1966
Call Me Hazard – 1966
The Lusty Breed – 1966
The Wolf Pack – 1966
A Badge for a Badman - 1967
The Proud Riders – 1967
Rio Chama – 1967
Arizona – 1968
Brand of the Gun – 1968
Savage Guns – 1968
Big Country, Big Men - 1969
Gundown – 1969
The Hit - 1970
Sliphammer - 1970
Valley of the Shadow – 1970
Tripwire – 1973
The Threepersons Hunt - 1974
The Last Hard Men – 1976
Fear in a Handful of Dust - 1978
Wild Times – 1980
Manifest Destiny - 1989
Cemetery Jones and the Tombstone War - 1990