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Key facts
- Born
- John Dann MacDonald , ( 1916-07-24 ) July 24, 1916, Sharon, Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Died
- December 28, 1986 (1986-12-28) (aged 70), Milwaukee, Wisconsin , U.S.
- Occupation
- Novelist, short story writer
- Alma mater
- University of Pennsylvania , Syracuse University , Harvard University
- Period
- 1945–1986
- Genre
- Detective fiction
- Spouse
- Dorothy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Sharon
- Place of death
- Milwaukee
- Occupation
- translator
- Educated at
- The Wharton School
- Employer
- Office of Strategic Services
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- detective fiction
- Conflict
- World War II
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- date of birth
- 1916-07-26
- date of death
- 1986-12-28
- name in native language
- John D. MacDonald
- start of work period
- 1940-00-00
- different from
- John Macdonald
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Encyclopedic overview
John Dann MacDonald (July 24, 1916 – December 28, 1986) was an American writer of novels and short stories. A prolific author of crime and suspense novels, many set in his adopted home of Florida, he was one of the most successful American novelists of his time. MacDonald sold an estimated 70 million books.
His best-known works include the popular and critically acclaimed Travis McGee series and his 1957 novel The Executioners, which was filmed twice as Cape Fear, once in 1962 and again in 1991, and adapted in 2026 as a television series.
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