Ed Gorman

Ed Gorman

Ed Gorman also wrote as: Daniel Ransom and E.J. Gorman.

Ed Gorman was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA on November 2nd, 1941 and passed away at the age of 74 on October 14th, 2016.

Book Notification is an Amazon Associate and eBay Partner. If you click on a book title it will take you to Amazon or your default book store where you can read more about the book or purchase it. We earn money from qualifying purchases.

Ed Gorman Stats: The highest rated book by Ed Gorman on Book Notification is , the 10622nd novel in the series. The second-highest rated book is The Day The Music Died (Sam McCain #1).

The most read book by Ed Gorman on Book Notification is Bad Moon Rising, the 9th novel in the Sam McCain series. The second most read book is The Day The Music Died (Sam McCain #1).

Below is a complete list of Ed Gorman books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Ed Gorman is the Sam McCain Series.

List of Jack Dwyer Books in Publication Order

List of Tobin Books in Publication Order

List of Leo Guild Books in Publication Order

List of Jack Walsh Books in Publication Order

List of Robert Payne Books in Publication Order

List of Sam McCain Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
8
The Day The Music Died
1998
2
Wake Up Little Susie
1999
3
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
2000
4
Save the Last Dance for Me
2002
5
Everybody's Somebody's Fool
2003
6
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
2004
7
Fools Rush In
2007
8
Ticket to Ride
2009
9
Bad Moon Rising
2011
10
Riders on the Storm
2014

List of Cavalry Man Books in Publication Order

List of Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Books in Publication Order

List of Dev Mallory Books in Publication Order

List of Dev Conrad Books in Publication Order

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
Daddy's Little Girl ( As: Daniel Ransom)
1985
2
Night Caller ( As: Daniel Ransom)
1985
3
Toys in the Attic ( As: Daniel Ransom)
1986
4
The Forsaken ( As: Daniel Ransom)
1988
5
Graves' Retreat
1989
6
The Babysitter ( As: Daniel Ransom)
1989
7
What The Dead Men Say
1990
8
Night of Shadows
1990
9
The Poker Club
1990
10
Nightmare Child ( As: Daniel Ransom)
1990
11
Night Kills
1990
12
The Prodigal Gun
1992
13
Cage of Night
1992
14
The Long Midnight ( As: Daniel Ransom)
1992
15
The Serpent's Kiss ( As: Daniel Ransom)
1992
16
Robin In I, Werewolf
1992
17
Wolf Moon
1993
18
The Sharpshooter
1993
19
Shadow Games
1994
20
Moonchasers
1995
21
Blood Red Moon
1995
22
The Fugitive Stars ( As: Daniel Ransom)
1995
23
Black River Falls
1996
24
Night Screams ( As: Daniel Ransom)
1996
25
The First Lady ( As: E.J. Gorman)
The First Lady ( As: E.J. Gorman)
1996
26
Zone Soldiers ( As: Daniel Ransom)
1996
27
The Silver Scream
1997
28
Gundown
1997
29
Senatorial Privilege ( As: E.J. Gorman)
Senatorial Privilege ( As: E.J. Gorman)
1997
30
Runner in the Dark
1997
31
Cold Blue Midnight
1998
32
Trouble Man
1998
33
Daughter of Darkness
1998
34
Ride Into Yesterday
1999
35
I Know What the Night Knows
1999
36
Serpent's Kiss
1999
37
Storm Riders
1999
38
Dark Moon
2000
39
The Dark Fantastic
2001
40
Blackmail & Lace ( As: Daniel Ransom)
2001
41
Ghost Town
2001
42
Vendetta
2002
43
Rituals
2002
44
Relentless
2003
45
Lynched
2003
46
Gun Truth
2003
47
Branded
2004
48
An American Education
2004
49
Two Guns to Yuma
2005
50
4
Shoot First
2006
51
A Knock at the Door
2007
52
The Midnight Room
2009
53
The Marilyn Tapes
2010
54
Showdown
2012
55
The Girl in the Attic (With: Patricia Lee Macomber)
The Girl in the Attic (With: Patricia Lee Macomber)
2012
56
Hell-For-Leather Rider / The Man from Nightshade Valley (With: James Reasoner)
2012
57
Now You See Her
2014
58
Backshot
2015
59
Run to Midnight
2016

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
Turn Away
1987
2
The Face
1992
3
One of Those Days, One of Those Nights
1994
4
Out There in the Darkness
1995
5
Dirty Coppers (With: Richard T. Chizmar)
1997
6
Eye of the Beholder
1997
7
Lawless
2000
8
Cast in Dark Waters (With: Tom Piccirilli)
2002
9
Cages
2009
10
The End of it All
2009
11
Survival
2012
12
Yesterday and the Day Before
2012
13
Cemetery Dance Select
2016

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
Westeryear
1988
2
Dark Whispers and Other Stories
1993
3
Out There in the Darkness, Volume 1
1995
4
Moonchasers and Other Stories
1995
5
Eye of the Beholder and Other Stories
1998
6
Famous Blue Raincoat
1999
7
Such a Good Girl and Other Crime Stories
2001
8
Prisoners & Other Stories
2003
9
Crooks, Crimes and Christmas (With: Michael Jahn)
2003
10
The Long Ride Back
2004
11
Different Kinds of Dead and Other Tales
2005
12
The Phantom Chronicles 2
2009
13
The End Of It All And Other Stories
2009
14
Noir 13
2010
15
Dead Man's Gun and Other Western Stories
2013
16
A Disgrace to the Badge
2013
17
Enemies and Other Western Stories
2013
18
Scream Queen and Other Tales of Menace
2014
19
The Long Ride Back and Other Western Stories
2015
20
Shadow Games and Other Sinister Stories of Show Business
2016

List of Graphic Novels in Publication Order

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

List of Murder Most Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
Murder Most Sacred ( By: Martin H. Greenberg)
1989
2
8
Murder Most Medieval ( By: Martin H. Greenberg)
1993
3
Murder Most Delicious (By: Martin H. Greenberg, Barbara Paul)
1995
4
Murder Most Irish ( By: Martin H. Greenberg)
1996
5
Murder Most Delectable ( By: Martin H. Greenberg)
2000
6
Murder Most Divine ( By: Ralph McInerny)
2000
7
Murder Most Romantic (By: Martin H. Greenberg, Susan Sizemore)
2001
8
Murder Most Postal ( By: Martin H. Greenberg)
2001
9
Murder Most Feline (With: Martin H. Greenberg)
2001
10
Murder Most Confederate ( By: Martin H. Greenberg)
2003
11
Murder Most Celtic ( By: Martin H. Greenberg)
2003
Show All Books in this Series

List of Kolchak: The Night Stalker Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
Pain Without Tears (By: C.J. Henderson)
2004
2
Kolchak the Night Stalker Volume 1 (By: Stuart M. Kaminsky)
2004
3
Terror Within (By: C.J. Henderson, Stefan Petrucha)
2006
4
A Black & Evil Truth (By: C.J. Henderson)
2007
5
The Lovecraftian Horror (By: C.J. Henderson)
2007
6
The Lost World (By: C.J. Henderson)
2012
7
8
Kolchak and the Lost World (By: C.J. Henderson)
2012
8
Necronomicon (By: C.J. Henderson)
2012
9
Big Book of Kolchak the Night Stalker (By: Stuart M. Kaminsky, C.J. Henderson)
2012
10
Passages of the Macabre (With: Nancy Holder, C.J. Henderson)
2016
Show All Books in this Series

List of The Year of the Cat Books in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
A Cat of a Different Color (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Annie Reed, Louisa Swann, Lisa Silverthorne, Dean Wesley Smith, Ray Vukcevich, Dory Crowe)
A Cat of a Different Color (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Annie Reed, Louisa Swann, Lisa Silverthorne, Dean Wesley Smith, Ray Vukcevich, Dory Crowe)
2020
2
A Cat of Perfect Taste (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Saki , Charles Dudley Warner, Philip Gilbert Hamerton, Kari Kilgore)
A Cat of Perfect Taste (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Saki , Charles Dudley Warner, Philip Gilbert Hamerton, Kari Kilgore)
2020
3
A Cat of Disdainful Looks (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Rudyard Kipling, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Mark Twain, Ray Vukcevich, John Adams, Jodi Lyn Nye)
A Cat of Disdainful Looks (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Rudyard Kipling, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Mark Twain, Ray Vukcevich, John Adams, Jodi Lyn Nye)
2020
4
A Cat of Strange Lands (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, E. Nesbit, Annie Reed, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Kent Patterson, Meyari McFarland, Leigh Saunders)
A Cat of Strange Lands (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, E. Nesbit, Annie Reed, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Kent Patterson, Meyari McFarland, Leigh Saunders)
2020
5
A Cat of Cozy Situations (With: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Carole Nelson Douglas, Dean Wesley Smith, W.W. Jacobs, Mary A. Turzillo, Dory Crowe)
2020
6
A Cat of Space and Time (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Andre Norton, Annie Reed, Lisa Silverthorne, Dean Wesley Smith, Cordwainer Smith, Geoffrey A. Landis, Mary Turzillo, Daemon Crowe)
A Cat of Space and Time (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Andre Norton, Annie Reed, Lisa Silverthorne, Dean Wesley Smith, Cordwainer Smith, Geoffrey A. Landis, Mary Turzillo, Daemon Crowe)
2020
7
A Cat of Heroic Heart (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Carole Nelson Douglas, E. Nesbit, Jamie Ferguson, Lisa Silverthorne, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Liz Pierce)
A Cat of Heroic Heart (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Carole Nelson Douglas, E. Nesbit, Jamie Ferguson, Lisa Silverthorne, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Liz Pierce)
2020
8
A Cat of Roving Nature (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Emile Zola, Annie Reed, Stefon Mears, Dory Crowe, C.J. Erick, Sylvia Warner)
A Cat of Roving Nature (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Emile Zola, Annie Reed, Stefon Mears, Dory Crowe, C.J. Erick, Sylvia Warner)
2020
9
A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Henry Slesar, Joan Aiken, Annie Reed, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Mary Turzillo)
A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Henry Slesar, Joan Aiken, Annie Reed, Stefon Mears, Dean Wesley Smith, Mary Turzillo)
2021
10
A Cat of Fantastic Whims (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, E. Nesbit, Jamie Ferguson, Annie Reed, Lisa Silverthorne, Dean Wesley Smith, Geoffrey A. Landis, Liz Pierce)
A Cat of Fantastic Whims (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, E. Nesbit, Jamie Ferguson, Annie Reed, Lisa Silverthorne, Dean Wesley Smith, Geoffrey A. Landis, Liz Pierce)
2021
11
A Cat of Feral Instincts (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Brigid Collins, Dean Wesley Smith, Pamela Sargent, Jamie McNabb, Mary Turzillo, N. Margaret Campbell)
A Cat of Feral Instincts (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Brigid Collins, Dean Wesley Smith, Pamela Sargent, Jamie McNabb, Mary Turzillo, N. Margaret Campbell)
2021
12
A Cat of Romantic Soul (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Anthea Sharp, Annie Reed, Lisa Silverthorne, Bonnie Elizabeth, Dean Wesley Smith, Kari Kilgore)
A Cat of Romantic Soul (By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Anthea Sharp, Annie Reed, Lisa Silverthorne, Bonnie Elizabeth, Dean Wesley Smith, Kari Kilgore)
2021
Show All Books in this Series

List of Ed Gorman Anthologies in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction
1987
2
The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction
1988
3
Stalkers
1989
4
The Black Moon
1989
5
Borderlands 1
1990
6
Under the Gun
1990
7
100 Great Detectives, Or, the Detective Directory
1991
8
Cold Blood
1991
9
Solved
1991
10
Cat Crimes I
1991
11
Invitation to Murder
1991
12
Borderlands 3
1991
13
Cat Crimes III
1992
14
Stalkers - 19 Original Tales By the Masters of Terror
1992
15
Cat Crimes II
1992
16
The Best Western Stories of Ed Gorman
1992
17
Monsters in Our Midst
1993
18
10
Predators
1993
19
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories
1993
20
Dark Crimes 2
1993
21
Criminal Intent
1993
22
Danger in D.C.
1993
23
Blue Motel
1994
24
Feline and Famous
1994
25
A Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries
1994
26
Partners in Crime
1994
27
Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation
1995
28
Murder Most Delicious
1995
29
Woman On The Beat
1995
30
Guilty as Charged
1996
31
Hollywood Fantasies: Ten Surreal Visions of Tinsel Town
1997
32
Once Upon a Crime
1998
33
The UFO Files
1998
34
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories
1998
35
Mom, Apple Pie and Murder
1999
36
Future Crimes
1999
37
Cat Crimes Through Time
1999
38
Pure Pulp
1999
39
The Best of the American West II
1999
40
The Best American Mystery Stories 1999
1999
41
Sleuths of the Century
2000
42
October Dreams
2000
43
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1
2000
44
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2
2000
45
Murder Most Romantic
2001
46
Pulp Masters
2001
47
Murder Most Feline
2001
48
The Blue and the Gray Undercover
2001
49
Guns of the West
2002
50
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3
2002
51
The World\\\'s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 4
2003
52
Stagecoach
2003
53
Mr. President, Private Eye
2004
54
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5
2004
55
Lone Star Law
2005
56
These Guns for Hire
2006
57
Dark Passions
2007
58
The Best of Cemetery Dance II
2008
59
Between the Dark and the Daylight
2009
60
By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year
2010
61
The Shamus Winners
2010
62
Commutability
2010
63
Beat to a Pulp: Round 1
2010
64
Discount Noir
2010
65
The Best American Mystery Stories 2011
2011
66
10
In Pursuit of Spenser
2012
67
A Feast of Frights from The Horror Zine
2012
68
Beat to a Pulp: Round 2
2012
69
Writing Crime Fiction
2012
70
The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction
2012
71
Shivers VII
2013
72
10
Turn Down the Lights
2013
73
Passages of the Macabre
2016
74
The Adventure of the Missing Detective
2020
75
A Cat of Disdainful Looks
2020
Show All Anthologies

Ed Gorman: Biography

Ed Gorman (Edward Joseph Gorman Jr.) was born on November 2nd, 1941. Ed passed away October 14th, 2016 at 74 years old. Ed Gorman was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.

Ed Gorman (Edward Joseph Gorman Jr.) is probably best known for his Standalone Novels. There are currently 59 novels available. The first standalone was released in 1985 with the novel Daddy's Little Girl. The most recently released novel was Run to Midnight which was released in 2016.

Ed Gorman also wrote the Short Story Collections series which has 20 books including Westeryear and Dark Whispers and Other Stories.

Ed Gorman: Awards & Accolades

Gorman's books have won multiple awards, Turn Away won the Shamus Award, Best P.I. Short Story, in 1988. The Face won the Spur Awards, Best Western Short Fiction, in 1992.

The following novels by Ed Gorman were also nominated for these awards:

  • New, Improved Murder: Shamus Award, Best First P.I. Novel (1986).
  • Turn Away: Anthony Award, Best Short Story (1988).
  • The Autumn Dead: Shamus Award, Best P.I. Novel (1988).
  • The Reason Why: Shamus Award, Best P.I. Short Story (1989).
  • Shadow Games: Shamus Award, Best P.I. Paperback Original (1994).
  • One of Those Days, One of Those Nights: Anthony Award, Best Short Story (1995).
  • Cages: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (1995).
  • Eye of the Beholder: Shamus Award, Best P.I. Short Story (1997).
  • The Dark Fantastic: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (2001).
  • In Pursuit of Spenser: Edgar Award, Best Critical/Biographical Work (2013). Anthony Award, Best Non-Fiction Book (2013). Macavity Award, Best Mystery Critical/Biographical (2013).

Related Authors

The most common authors followed by users who also follow Ed Gorman are:

  1. John Sandford, author of the Prey/Lucas Davenport Series.
  2. Sue Grafton, author of the Kinsey Millhone Series.
  3. Lawrence Block, author of the Matthew Scudder Series.
  4. Harlan Coben, author of the Myron Bolitar Series.
  5. David Baldacci, author of the Amos Decker Series.

Ed Gorman: F.A.Q

When was Ed Gorman Born?

Ed Gorman was born on November 2nd, 1941.

When did Ed Gorman die?

Ed Gorman died on October 14th, 2016 at 74 years old.

Where was Ed Gorman Born?

Ed Gorman was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.

What book awards has Ed Gorman won?

Turn Away: Shamus Award Best P.I. Short Story (1988).
The Face: Spur Awards Best Western Short Fiction (1992).

What was the first book Ed Gorman wrote?

The first novel written by Ed Gorman was Daddy's Little Girl, published in 1985.

What was the most recent book Ed Gorman wrote?

His most recently released work was A Cat of Cozy Situations on September 22nd, 2020.

How many books has Ed Gorman written?

Ed Gorman has written 136 books across 24 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 7 books in the Jack Dwyer Series
  • 2 books in the Tobin Series
  • 4 books in the Leo Guild Series
  • 1 book in the Jack Walsh Series
  • 4 books in the Robert Payne Series
  • 10 books in the Sam McCain Series
  • 3 books in the Cavalry Man Series
  • 1 book in the Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Series
  • 2 books in the Dev Mallory Series
  • 5 books in the Dev Conrad Series
  • 59 Standalone Novels
  • 13 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 20 Short Story Collections
  • 1 Graphic Novels
  • 3 Non-Fiction Books
  • 12 Daniel Ransom Standalone Novels
  • 1 Michael Jahn Short Story Collections
  • 1 book in The Year of the Cat Series

Have a Question?

    Author Discussion


    Subscribe
    Notify of
    guest

    1 Comment
    Oldest
    Newest Most Voted
    Inline Feedbacks
    View all comments
    Vince F
    Vince F
    1 year ago

    Ed was a great writer, and a really nice man. I was able to work with him on some early websites in the early 2000s and he was very kind. I had already been a fan of his writing so finding out that he was a good person was a bonus.

    Book Notification is an Amazon Associate. Book links to Amazon, eBay and other book stores are affiliate links, and we earn money from any qualifying purchases.

    Welcome to Book Notification!

    Are we missing any books or looking for an author that isn't on the site? Have any feedback or ideas that will enhance your experience? Contact us below.


      To see what we are currently working on as well as some of our future plans, see our road map.
      Monthly Contest
      affiliate disclaimer

      We are giving away 10 $25 gift cards. Every time you comment on an author page in the Author Discussion section at the bottom, you are entered into the sweepstakes. So get commenting! Winners announced in the next newsletter.


      Upcoming Books
      Apr 26
      Apr 26
      Apr 26
      Apr 26
      Popular Authors:
      Todays Most Followed Authors:
      Skip to content