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John D. MacDonald


Born
in Sharon, Pennsylvania, The United States
July 24, 1916

Died
December 28, 1986

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Genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy


John D. MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, and educated at the Universities of Pennsylvania, Syracuse and Harvard, where he took an MBA in 1939. During WW2, he rose to the rank of Colonel, and while serving in the Army and in the Far East, sent a short story to his wife for sale, successfully. He served in the Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.) in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations. After the war, he decided to try writing for a year, to see if he could make a living. Over 500 short stories and 70 novels resulted, including 21 Travis McGee novels.

Following complications of an earlier heart bypass operation, MacDonald slipped into a coma on December 10 and died at age 70, on December 28, 1986, in St. Mary's Hospital in ...more

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Average rating: 4.04 · 182,070 ratings · 10,656 reviews · 595 distinct works • Similar authors
The Deep Blue Good-By (Trav...
3.90 avg rating — 21,146 ratings — published 1964 — 118 editions
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Cape Fear
4.01 avg rating — 16,041 ratings — published 1957 — 64 editions
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Nightmare in Pink (Travis M...
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A Purple Place for Dying (T...
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Pale Gray for Guilt (Travis...
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The Long Lavender Look (Tra...
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“Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will. Integrity is not a search for the rewards of integrity. Maybe all you ever get for it is the largest kick in the ass the world can provide. It is not supposed to be a productive asset.”
― John D. MacDonald
tags: integrity, moral-courage
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“If the cards are stacked against you, reshuffle the deck.”
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“...there are people who try to look as if they are doing a good and thorough job, and then there are the people who actually damn well do it, for its own sake.”
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