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Bain, Donald, 1935-2017

LC control no.n 50020867
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3552.A376
Personal name headingBain, Donald, 1935-2017
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See alsoFor works of this author written under other names, search also under Baker, Trudy Jones, Rachel, 1935-2017 Lundy, Mike
Baker, Trudy
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Jones, Rachel, 1935-2017
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Lundy, Mike
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Birth date1935-03-06
Death date2017-10-21
Place of birthMineola (N.Y.)
Place of deathWhite Plains (N.Y.)
Profession or occupationAuthors Ghostwriters
Found inLake, V. Veronica, 1969.
His Gin and daggers, c1989: CIP t.p. (Donald Bain)
Contemporary authors, v. 180 (Bain, Donald, 1935- ; pseuds.: Mike Lundy, Trudy Baker, Rachel Jones; wrote several vols. in the "Murder she wrote" mystery novel series featuring fictional television sleuth Jessica Fletcher; has written many of his more than 75 fiction and nonfiction books on a wide range of topics as a ghost writer or under assorted pseuds.)
Wikipedia, July 17, 2008 (Donald Bain; b. 1935; author and ghostwriter)
New York times WWW site, viewed Oct. 27, 2017 (in obituary published Oct. 26: Donald Bain; b. Donald Sutherland Bain, Mar. 6, 1935, Mineola, N.Y.; d. Saturday [Oct. 21, 2017], White Plains, aged 82; pseudonymous author of the "Murder, she wrote" novels, Margaret Truman's "Capital crimes" mysteries, and Coffee, tea, or me?, the supposed memoir of two saucy airline stewardesses; over five decades as a ghostwriter he published novels, biographies, westerns, and historical romances, mostly under fictitious names or credited to more marketable bylines; vanity memoirs attributed to corporate executives; and even long articles disguised as excerpts from nonexistent books)
Associated languageeng
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