David L. Robbins (Oregon writer)

David L. Robbins (Oregon writer)
David L. Robbins (born July 4, 1950) is an American author of English and Pennsylvania Dutch descent. He writes both fiction and non-fiction. He has written over three hundred books under his own name and many pen names, among them: David Thompson, Jake McMasters, Jon Sharpe, Don Pendleton, Franklin W. Dixon, Ralph Compton, Dean L. McElwain, J.D. Cameron and John Killdeer.
He has written for the following series: The Trailsman, Mack Bolan, Endworld, Blade, Wilderness, White Apache, Davy Crockett, Omega Sub and The Hardy Boys Casefiles. Robbins is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the Horror Writers Association, and Western Writers of America.
Biography
Robbins was raised in Pennsylvania. Until he was eight he lived in an outlying area of Philadelphia. Robbins spent many of his teen years on a farm owned by his Mennonite great aunt and uncle in Pennsylvania Dutch country. Water was brought in from an outdoor pump, and they used an outhouse.
At seventeen Robbins enlisted in the United States Air Force and became a sergeant. After his honorable discharge he attended college and went into broadcasting. He worked as an announcer and engineer and later as a program director at various radio stations. Later still he entered law enforcement and then took to writing full-time.
At one time or another Robbins has lived in Pennsylvania, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Montana, Colorado and the Pacific Northwest. He spent a year and a half in Europe, traveling through France, Italy, Greece and Germany. He lived for more than a year in Turkey.
His writing has been critically praised by the Pulp Rack, among others. He is known for two current long-running series.
Wilderness is the generational saga of a Mountain Man and his Shoshone wife. Started in 1990 under his David Thompson pen name, the series has nearly eighty books to date. Robbins has since stopped using pen names on his own works, and WILDERNESS is now under his own name.
Endworld is a science fiction series under his own name started in 1986. There are forty-two books, and it is still being published.
His works have been published in nine languages.
Robbins suffers from familial hemiplegic migraine. His father had the same condition, and would isolate himself in a dark room for days at a time to recover. Robbins' eyes are extremely light sensitive, and for years he has worn custom prescription Aviator sunglasses to reduce the frequency of the attacks.
Bibliography
Single novels as David Robbins
The Return Of The Virginian
Diablo
Blood Feud
Thunder Valley
Town Tamers
Angel l U: Let There Be Light
Ride To Valor
Badlanders
Guns on the Prairie
Angel U: Demigod
Hit Radio
Endworld
Written as David Robbins
Endworld is a Scifi series launched in 1986 under the name David Robbins. The novels take place in a post-apocalyptic United States.
Blade
Blade is a 13 novel sequel to Endworld written as David Robbins.
First Strike
Outlands Strike
Vampire Strike
Pipeline Strike
Pirate Strike
Crusher Strike
Terror Strike
Devil Strike
L.A. Strike
Dead Zone Strike
Quest Strike
Death Master Strike
Vengeance Strike
Suspense
Blood Cult
Horror novels
Written as David Robbins
The Wereling
The Wrath
Spectre
Hell-O-Ween
Prank Night
Spook Night
A Girl, The End Of The World And Everything
Movie adaptations
Men Of Honor
Proof Of Life
Twisted
Non-fiction
Heavy Traffic
Wilderness
Written as David Thompson
Giant Wilderness
Hawken Fury
Season Of The Warrior
Prairie Blood
Ordeal
The Trail West
Frontier Strike
Spanish Slaughter
White Apache
Written as: Jake McMasters
Hangman's Knot
Warpath
Warrior Born
Quick Killer
Blood Bath
Blood Treachery
Blood Bounty
The Trackers
Desert Fury
Hanged
Davy Crockett
Written as: David Thompson
Homecoming
Sioux Slaughter
Blood Hunt
Mississippi Mayhem
Blood Rage
Comanche Country
Texican Terror
Cannibal Country
Compton Novels
Written as Ralph Compton
Do Or Die
Nowhere, Tx
Bucked Out In Dodge
West Of Pecos
For The Brand
By The Horns
Rio Largo
A Wolf In The Fold
Bluff City
Blood Duel
Bullet For A Badman
Ride The Hard Trail
Fatal Justice
The Evil Men Do
Brother's Keeper
The Law and the Lawless
Texas Hills
The Executioner
Written as Don Pendleton
#169: White Heat
#178: Black Hand
#191: Extreme Force
#199: Rogue Agent
#230: Deep Attack
#267: Invisible Invader
#294: Scorpion Rising
#313: Lockdown
#322: Time Bomb
SuperBolans
Written as Don Pendleton
#44: Shock Tactic
#46: Precision Kill
#51: Thermal Strike
#61: Blood Feud
#68: Code of Conflict
#75: Evil Alliance
#82: War Load
#90: Age of War
The Trailsman
Written as Jon Sharpe
Giant Trailsman
Woodland Warriors
New Mexico Nightmare
Menagerie Of Malice
Island Devils
Idaho Blood Spur
Desert Duel (Feb. 07)
Mountain Majesty
#7: Fire On The Prairie
#8: The Savage Land
Preacher's Law
#5: Slaughter At Ten Sleep
Omega Sub
#2: Command Decision
#4: Blood Tide
#5: Death Dive
#6: Raven Rising
The Hardy Boys Casefiles
Written as: Franklin W. Dixon
57: Terror on Track
References
External links
David L. Robbins, Author (archived 2015-10-09, homepage maybe identical to 2008-10-06)
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
1950 births
Living people
Novelists from Oregon
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American male writers