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Robert Colby
American novelist the 50s and 60s crime thriller paperback genre and short story writer. Colby (? - 2006) wrote 17 novels for a number of the paperback houses 50s and 60s, including Gold Medal, which published his most praised novel, The Captain Must Die. He was also a prolific contributor of short stories to Alfred Hitchcock and Mike Shayne’s mystery magazines. Many of these have gathered into two published collections of his stories. Colby also wrote a non-fiction true crime book, The California Crime Book, and co-authored a "Nick Carter" book, The Death’s Head Conspiracy, with Gary Brandner. Author Ed Gorman believed "Robert Colby was one of the best of the paperback original writers". Surprisingly, he also wrote several children’s books in the late 80s and early 90s.
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