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Brett Halliday

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Born July 31, 1904
Died February 4, 1977 (72 years old)
Chicago, United States
Also known as: Brett Halliday (pseud.), Asa Baker
35 books
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53 readers

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Brett Halliday is the primary pen name of Davis Dresser, an American mystery and western writer. Halliday is best known for the long-lived series of Michael Shayne mysteries he wrote, and later commissioned others to continue. Dresser also wrote westerns, non-series mysteries, and romances under the names Asa Baker, Matthew Blood, Kathryn Culver, Don Davis, Hal Debrett, Anthony Scott, Peter Field, and Anderson Wayne.