Charles W. Runyon

24 featured booksCharles W. Runyon

Charles Runyon was born in Sheridan, Missouri, and was raised on his parents' farm. He found a love of writing at an early age, and in high school was already preparing to be a professional writer. He ran away from home at age 16 to work on a ranch in West Texas. He served with the U.S. Army in the Korean War. He married in 1957, and he and his wife honeymooned travelling on a motorcycle in Mexico, an experience he later used in his novel The Death Cycle (1963). His first published short story, “First Man in a Satellite” appeared in Super Science Fiction in 1958. When his short stories started selling, he quit his job to become a full-time writer, and wrote his first novel, The Anatomy of Violence (1960), in a borrowed lakeside cabin. When it was finished he took his family to the West Indies, then returned to New York. He wrote both science fiction and crime fiction, but when his brother was murdered in 1967, he lost his love for crime fiction and focused primarily on science fiction. After the publication of The Gypsy King in 1980, he took a break from writing, and earned a Master's degree in Creative Writing from the University of Missouri. He currently lives in Texas.

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The vengeance man
Representative edition published 2007
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Gypsy King
Representative edition published 1979
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I, weapon
Representative edition published 1977
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The Incarnate
Representative edition published 1977
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Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
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I, Weapon
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To Kill a Dead Man
Representative edition published 1976
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The Killer Touch
Representative edition published 1975
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Soulmate
Representative edition published 1974
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The Last Score
Representative edition published 1974
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Ames Holbrook, Deity
Representative edition published 1972
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Power Kill
Representative edition published 1972
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Pig World
Representative edition published 1971
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No Place to Hide
Representative edition published 1970
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Kiss and Kill
Representative edition published 1969
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The Black Moth
Representative edition published 1967
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The Bloody Jungle
Representative edition published 1966
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The Prettiest Girl I Ever Killed
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Color Him Dead
Representative edition published 1963
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The Death Cycle
Representative edition published 1963
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His Boss’ Wife
Representative edition published 1962
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Office Affair
Representative edition published 1961
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The Anatomy of Violence
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No place to hide
Representative edition published 1970
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