Allison Wade Biography (1920-)

Born June 8, 1920, in San Diego, CA; son of Wilson R. and Camille A. Wade; married Jeanne Florence Cioe, June 10, 1951; children: Robert, Timothy, Sari, Winke. Career: Writer. East San Diego Press, East San Diego, CA, co-editor, 1939-42; script writer for Mutual Broadcasting System, 1940-41 and 1946-48; Mission Beach Californian, San Diego, editor, 1948; San Diego Union, bookcritic and columnist, 1977--; member of advisory board of San Diego Zoo andWild Animal Park. Military Service: U.S. Army Air Forces, 1942-45; served in North Africa and Europe; became sergeant; earned Bronze Star and Croixde Guerre. Awards, Honors: Second prize in Ellery Queen's MysteryMagazine contest, 1955, for short story "Invitation to an Accident";Emmy Award nomination, best art direction in a live television program, 1959,for Count of Monte Cristo; Private Eye Writers of America lifetime achievement award, 1988. Addresses: Home: San Diego, CA.; Office: 7368 Casper Dr., San Diego, CA 92119.; Agent: Curtis Brown Ltd., 575 Madison Ave.,New York, NY 10022.

Nationality
American
Gender
Female
Occupation
Writer
Birth Details
June 8, 1920
San Diego, California, United States

Famous Works

  • WRITINGS
  • Screenplays
  • Let Him Have It, British Screen, 1991
  • Plunkett & Macleane, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1999
  • The World Is Not Enough(from story), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999
  • Novels, As Wade Miller, Except Where Indicated
  • Deadly Weapon, Farrar, Straus, 1946
  • Guilty Bystander, Farrar, Straus, 1947
  • Fatal Step, Farrar, Straus, 1948
  • Uneasy Street, Farrar, Straus, 1948
  • Calamity Fair, Farrar, Straus, 1950
  • Devil May Care, Fawcett, 1950
  • Murder Charge, Farrar, Straus, 1950
  • Stolen Woman, Fawcett, 1950
  • The Killer, Fawcett, 1951
  • Shoot to Kill, Farrar, Straus, 1951
  • The Tiger's Wife, Fawcett, 1951
  • (As Dale Wilmer) Memo for Murder, Graphic Publications, 1951
  • (As Will Daemer, with Bill Miller) The Case of the Lonely Lovers,Farrel, 1951
  • Branded Woman, Fawcett, 1952
  • South of the Sun, Fawcett, 1953
  • The Big Guy, Fawcett, 1953
  • (As Dale Wilmer) Dead Fall, Bouregy & Curl, 1954
  • (As Dale Wilmer) Jungle Heat, Pyramid, 1954
  • Mad Baxter, Fawcett, 1955
  • (With Bill Miller, as Whit Masterson) Dead, She Was Beautiful, Dodd, 1955
  • Kiss Her Goodbye, Lion, 1956
  • (With Bill Miller, as Whit Masterson) A Shadow in the Wild, Dodd,1957
  • (With Bill Miller, as Whit Masterson) The Dark Fantastic, Dodd, 1959
  • Kitten with a Whip, Fawcett, 1959
  • Sinner Take All, Fawcett, 1960
  • (With Bill Miller, as Whit Masterson) A Hammer in His Hand, Dodd,1960
  • (With Bill Miller, as Whit Masterson) Evil Come, Evil Go, Dodd, 1961
  • The Girl from Midnight, Fawcett, 1962
  • (As Whit Masterson) Man on a Nylon String, Dodd, 1963
  • (As Robert Wade) The Stroke of Seven, Morrow, 1965
  • (As Whit Masterson) Play Like You're Dead, Dodd, 1967
  • (As Whit Masterson) The Last One Kills, Dodd, 1969
  • (As Robert Wade) Knave of Eagles, Random House, 1969
  • (As Whit Masterson) The Death of Me Yet, Dodd, 1970
  • (As Whit Masterson) Why She Cries, I Do Not Know, Dodd, 1972
  • (As Whit Masterson) The Undertaker Wind, Dodd, 1973
  • (As Whit Masterson) The Man with Two Clocks, Dodd, 1974
  • (As Whit Masterson) Hunter of the Blood, Dodd, 1977
  • (As Whit Masterson) The Slow Gallows, Dodd, 1979
  • Also author, with Bill Miller under joint pseudonym Wade Miller, of two screenplays, two hundred radio scripts, several novelettes, and numerous shortstories.
  • Short Stories
  • "Invitation to an Accident," in Ellery Queen's Awards, 10th Series, Little Brown, 1955
  • "A Bad Time of Day," in Ellery Queen's Awards, 11th Series, Simon and Schuster, 1956
  • "Midnight Caller," in Manhunt, January 1958
  • (As Whit Masterson) "The Women in His Life," in Ellery Queen's 13th Annual, Random House, 1958
  • (As Whit Masterson) "Dark Fantastic," in Cosmopolitan, February 1959
  • "We Were Picked as the Odd Ones," in The Saint, July 1960
  • "The Memorial Hour," in Ellery Queen's 15th Annual, Random House, 1960
  • "The Morning After," in The Playboy Book of Crime and Suspense, Playboy Press, 1966
  • (As Whit Masterson) "Suddenly It's Midnight," in Anthology 1970 Mid-Year, Davis, 1970
  • (As Whit Masterson) "Seek Him in Shadows," in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March 10, 1980