David L. Robbins
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David Lawrence Robbins (born July 4 1950) 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 name
s, 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
.
. 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.
His work has been published in nine languages.
is a Scifi series launched in 1986 under the name David Robbins. The novels take place in a post-apocalyptic
USA.
The Trailsman
Pennsylvania Dutch
Pennsylvania Dutch refers to immigrants and their descendants from southwestern Germany and Switzerland who settled in Pennsylvania in the 17th and 18th centuries...
descent. He writes both fiction and non-fiction. He has written hundreds of books under his own name and many pen name
Pen name
A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
s, among them: David Thompson, Jake McMasters, Jon Sharpe
Jon Sharpe
Jon Sharpe was the original author of The Trailsman series of Western novels, published by New American Library, a division of Penguin Group...
, Don Pendleton
Don Pendleton
Don Pendleton was an author of fiction and nonfiction books, best known for his creation of American hero The Executioner: Mack Bolan.-Biography:...
, Franklin W. Dixon
Franklin W. Dixon
Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who wrote The Hardy Boys novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate...
, Ralph Compton
Ralph Compton
Ralph Compton was an American writer of western fiction.A native of St. Clair County, Alabama, Compton stood six-foot-eight without his boots. He worked as a musician, a radio announcer, a songwriter, and a newspaper columnist. Mr...
, Dean L. McElwain, J.D. Cameron and John Killdeer.
He has written for the following series: The Trailsman
The Trailsman
The Trailsman is a series of short Western novels published since 1980 by Signet books, a division of New American Library. The series is still published under the name Jon Sharpe, the original author of the series, although it is now written by a number of ghostwriters under contract...
, Mack Bolan
Mack Bolan
Mack Bolan, alias The Executioner, is a fictional character who has been serialized in over six hundred novels with sales of more than 200 million, according to Amazon.com. Created by Don Pendleton, Bolan made his first appearance on the printed page in 1969's War Against the Mafia...
, Endworld
Endworld
Endworld is a best-selling science fiction series by David L. Robbins. The first book was published in 1986. There have been 28 novels so far. David Robbins also wrote a 13 novel sequel to Endworld called Blade.Endworld is post-apocalyptic fiction...
, Blade
Blade
A blade is that portion of a tool, weapon, or machine with a cutting edge and/or a pointed tip that is designed to cut and/or puncture, stab, slash, chop, slice, thrust, or scrape animate or inanimate surfaces or materials...
, Wilderness
Wilderness
Wilderness or wildland is a natural environment on Earth that has not been significantly modified by human activity. It may also be defined as: "The most intact, undisturbed wild natural areas left on our planet—those last truly wild places that humans do not control and have not developed with...
, White Apache, Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett
David "Davy" Crockett was a celebrated 19th century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician. He is commonly referred to in popular culture by the epithet "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S...
, Omega Sub and The Hardy Boys
The Hardy Boys
The Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe Hardy, are fictional teenage brothers and amateur detectives who appear in various mystery series for children and teens....
. Robbins is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, or SFWA is a nonprofit association of professional science fiction and fantasy writers. It was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight under the name Science Fiction Writers of America, Inc. and it retains the acronym SFWA after a very brief use of the SFFWA...
, the Horror Writers of America, and Western Writers of America
Western Writers of America
Western Writers of America, founded 1953, promotes literature, both fiction and non-fiction, pertaining to the American West. Although its founders wrote traditional western fiction, the more than five hundred current members also include historians and other non-fiction writers as well as authors...
.
Biography
Robbins was raised in PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. 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
Mennonite
The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after the Frisian Menno Simons , who, through his writings, articulated and thereby formalized the teachings of earlier Swiss founders...
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
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Wilderness
Written as David ThompsonGiant Wilderness
- Hawken Fury
- Season Of The Warrior
- Prairie Blood
- Ordeal
- The Trail West
- Frontier Strike
- Spanish Slaughter
Endworld
EndworldEndworld
Endworld is a best-selling science fiction series by David L. Robbins. The first book was published in 1986. There have been 28 novels so far. David Robbins also wrote a 13 novel sequel to Endworld called Blade.Endworld is post-apocalyptic fiction...
is a Scifi series launched in 1986 under the name David Robbins. The novels take place in a post-apocalyptic
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Apocalyptic fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization due to a potentially existential catastrophe such as nuclear warfare, pandemic, extraterrestrial attack, impact event, cybernetic revolt, technological singularity, dysgenics, supernatural...
USA.
Blade
Blade is a 13 novel sequel to Endworld written as David Robbins.- First Strike
- Outland Strike
- Vampire Strike
- Pipeline Strike
- Pirate Strike
- Crusher Strike
- Terror Strike
- Devil Strike
- L.A. Strike
- Dead Zone Strike
- Quest Strike
- Death Master Strike
- Venegance Strike
White Apache
Written as: Jake McMasters- Hangman's Knot
- Warpath
- Warrior Born
- Quick Killer
- Blood Bath
- Blood Treachery
- Blood Bounty
- The Trackers
- Desert Fury
- Hanged
Davy Crockett
Written as: David Thompson- Homecoming
- Sioux Slaughter
- Blood Hunt
- Mississippi Mayhem
- Blood Rage
- Comanche Country
- Texican Terror
- Cannibal Country
Compton Novels
Written as: Ralph Compton- Do Or Die
- Nowhere, Tx
- Bucked Out In Dodge
- West Of Pecos
- For The Brand
- By The Horns
- Rio Largo
- A Wolf In The Fold
- Bluff City
- Blood Duel
The Executioner
Written as: Don PendletonDon Pendleton
Don Pendleton was an author of fiction and nonfiction books, best known for his creation of American hero The Executioner: Mack Bolan.-Biography:...
- #169: White Heat
- #178: Black Hand
- #191: Extreme Force
- #199: Rogue Agent
- #230: Deep Attack
- #267: Invisible Invader
- #294: Scorpion Rising
- #313: Lockdown
- #322: Time Bomb
SuperBolans
Written as: Don Pendleton- #44: Shock Tactic
- #46: Precision Kill
- #51: Thermal Strike
- #61: Blood Feud
- #68: Code of Conflict
- #75: Evil Alliance
- #82: War Load
- #90: Age of War
The TrailsmanThe TrailsmanThe Trailsman is a series of short Western novels published since 1980 by Signet books, a division of New American Library. The series is still published under the name Jon Sharpe, the original author of the series, although it is now written by a number of ghostwriters under contract...
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Giant Trailsman
- Woodland Warriors
- New Mexico Nightmare
- Menagerie Of Malice
- Island Devils
- Idaho Blood Spur
- Desert Duel (Feb. 07)
Omega Sub
- #2: Command Decision
- #4: Blood Tide
- #5: Death Dive
- #6: Raven Rising
Horror novels
- The Wereling
- The Wrath
- Spectre
- Hell-O-Ween
- Prank Night
- Spook Night
The Hardy Boys
Written as: Franklin W. DixonFranklin W. Dixon
Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who wrote The Hardy Boys novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate...
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