Frederick Nebel, né le à Staten Island à New York aux États-Unis et mort le à Laguna Beach en Californie, est un écrivain américain, auteur de roman policier et de nombreuses nouvelles.
Biographie Il vend ses premiers écrits dès le collège, puis quitte l'école à dix-sept ans. Il travaille dans une ferme familiale dans le Nord canadien et voyage ensuite à travers le monde.
En 1925, il publie sa première nouvelle The Firelight Patrol dans North West Stories, un des nombreux pulps de l'époque. Il fait paraître de nombreuses nouvelles dans ces magazines bon marché comme Dime Detective, Detective Fiction Weeekly et surtout Black Mask dont il sera un des piliers éditoriaux avec soixante-sept nouvelles de 1926 à 1936.
Il est l'auteur de trois séries : celle de Kennedy, reporter au Fire Press, et Steve MacBride, capitaine de police au service des homicides, est composée de trente-sept nouvelles publiées dans Black Mask de à ; une deuxième série a pour héros le détective Dick Donahue et est composée de quinze histoires également publiée dans Black Mask de à ; enfin, la troisième série, qui a pour personnage central Jack Cardigan, un détective privé, est composée de quarante-cinq nouvelles publiées dans Dime Detective de à .
Œuvre Romans Sleepers East, 1933 But Not the End, 1934 Fifty Roads to Turn, 1936
Nouvelles Série Kennedy & MacBride Toutes les nouvelles de cette série sont publiées dans Black Mask
Série Dick Donahue Toutes les nouvelles de cette série sont publiées dans Black Mask Rough Justice () Le Bijou voyageur, dans le recueil Mystère 87, Le Livre de poche , 1987 The Red-Hots () Gun Thunder () Get a Load of This () Spare the Rod () Pearls Are Tears () Death's Not Enough () Shake-Up () He Could Take It () Red Web () Red Pavement () Save Your Tears () Song and Dance () Champions Also Die () Ghost of a Chance () L'Appartement 545, Le Saint détective magazine ,
Série Jack Cardigan Toutes les nouvelles de cette série sont publiées dans Dime Detective
Autres nouvelles
The Firelight Patrol (, North West Stories) Trade Law (, North West Stories) Stuart of the City Patrol (, North West Stories) Raw Courage (, ) Soda-Pop Mary (, Lariat) The White Peril (, North West Stories) The Breaks of the Game (, Black Mask) Defiance Valley (, North West Stories) The Black Fox Skin (, North West Stories) Law of the Trapline (, North West Stories) Patrol of Courage (, North West Stories) Big Moon Lake Patrol (, North West Stories) Somewhere East of Singapore (, Action Stories) Alone (, North West Magazine) Cache Law (, North West Stories) East of Big Moon (, North West Stories) Grain to Grain (, Black Mask) High Jinks as Sky High (, Lariat) The Frontier of Vengeance (, North West Stories) Tell It to the Mounted (, North West Stories) Claws of the Jungle (, Action Stories) Dumb Luck (, Black Mask) China Silk (, Black Mask) Courage of the Strong (, North West Stories) Hounds of Darkness (, Black Mask) The Hell-Bender (, Lariat) A Man Must Fight (, North West Stories) The Drifting Kid Strikes (, Lariat) A Man with Sand (, Black Mask) Return of the Exile (, North West Stories) Emeralds of Shade (, Black Mask) Flyers of Fortune (, Air Stories) Red Night (, North West Stories) A Grudge Is a Grudge (, Black Mask) Birdmen of Borneo (, North West Stories) Doom Drums (, Danger Trail) It Takes a Man (, North West Stories) Isle of Lost Men (, Action Stories) The Brave Tradition (, The Elks Magazine) With Benefit of Law (, Black Mask) Flying Jade (, Air Stories) The Penalty of the Code (, Black Mask) Sun Dog Gold (, North West Stories) The Shanghai Jest (, Air Stories) Sky-High Nerve (, Air Stories) The Devil's Double-Cross (, Triple-X Magazine) Yangtze Yellow (, Air Stories) Skyrocket Scott (, Wings) The Crimson Diamond (, Action Stories) The Hardy Fly Hard (, Air Stories) Birdmen of Passage (, North West Stories) A Gun in the Dark (, Black Mask) Hell to Pay (, Black Mask) Wolves of the Wind (, Wings) Far North of Chilkoot (, North West Stories) Law Alone (, Mystery Stories) The Secret Vanity (, Columbia) Proud Youth (, ) Behind the Shield (, Columbia) Cops Are Dumb (, Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories) The Makings of Command (, The Elks Magazine) A Gambler Passes (1929, Five-Novels Monthly) Wind Patrol (, Wings) Out of Stir (, Young's Magazine) The Trail to Caribou (, North West Stories) Crate Crashers (, Air Stories) Call It Justice (, Detective Fiction Weekly) Empire of the Devil (, Frontier Stories) Isle of Lost Wings, Part 1 (, Wings) Isle of Lost Wings, Part 2 (, Wings) Chechako Trail (, North West Stories) Isle of Lost Wings, Part 3 (, Wings) Street Wolf (, Black Mask) Isle of Lost Wings, Part 4 (, Wings) Forbidden River (, Five-Novels Monthly) King of the Yukon (, North West Stories) Flying Freebooters (, Wings) Brood of the Wind (, Wings) The Devil's Souvenir (, Far East Adventure Stories) Bloodhounds of the Sky, Part 1 (, Wings) Bloodhounds of the Sky, Part 2 (, Wings) Bloodhounds of the Sky, Part 3 (, Wings) Hell's Back Door (, Far East Adventure Stories) The Law Dies Hard (, North West Stories) Bloodhounds of the Sky, Part 4 (, Wings) Sky Scrappers (, Air Stories) Sky Spoilers (, Air Stories) Sky Blazers (, Air Stories) Muscle Man (, Detective Fiction Weekly) Nobody's Fall Guy (, Detective Fiction Weekly) The Mystery at Pier 7 (, Detective Action Stories) The Crooked Spot (, Detective Action Stories) It's the Live Ones That Talk (, Black Mask) Whispers of Death (, Detective Action Stories) The X-Circle (, Detective Action Stories) The Crimson Fist (, Detective Action Stories) Murder by Ballot (, Detective Action Stories) The Wheel (, The Saturday Evening Post) The Tailormade Clue (, Dime Detective) The Pinch (, Detective Fiction Weekly) The Devil's Slouch (décembre 10, 1932, Detective Fiction Weekly) The Green Widow (, Detective Fiction Weekly, réédition , Black Mask) Hands (, Complete Stories Magazine) The Lemon (, Detective Fiction Weekly) Strangle Hold (, Detective Fiction Weekly) Dance No More (, Collier's) The Missing Car (, ) Magnificent Gesture (, Redbook) Scoundrel's Choice (, Collier's) Murder Off Stage (, Mystery) Unfriendly Call (, Collier's) The Man who Couldn't Spell (, Collier's) Killed After 10 P.M (, Mystery) Protecting Monica (, Collier's) Nothing to Lose (, Cosmopolitan) Woman at Bay (, Collier's) The Real Thing (, Collier's) The Grand Manner (, Collier's) Change of Heart (, Redbook) Reprieve at Eleven (, Collier's) L'assassin sera pendu à onze heures, Le Saint détective magazine , Never Sing Again (, Collier's) Case Against Women (, Collier's) The Human Side (, Collier's) Dreams Are Real (, Collier's) The Bars Between (, Collier's) Night Shift on the Lunchwagon (, Esquire) The Hard Way (, Collier's) Weekend to Kill (, ) Ask Me No Questions (, The Elks) Accidental Night (, Collier's) All the Answers (, Liberty) Chance Is an Enemy (, Collier's) Remember the Music (, Collier's) You Go Your Way (, Liberty) At the End of the Alley Was a Door (, Mystery) The Legend (, Women's Home Companion) Man-Crazy (, Liberty) The Simple Life (, Collier's) One Cold Night (, Collier's) Bet Your Life (, Liberty) The Valley of Wanted Men (printemps 1940, Northwest Romances) A Girl Must be Sure (, Collier's) The Man who Lost Everything (, Collier's) The Man who Promised Not to Tell (, Good Housekeeping) The Girl with the Blonde (, Collier's) Something to Remember (, Collier's) En plein cœur, Mystère magazine , If You Can Take It (, Women's Home Companion) Au bout du rouleau, Mystère magazine , Best of Luck (, Collier's) When the Time Comes (, Collier's) Any Boy Can Be President (, Liberty) Grampa and the Spirit of '76 (, Liberty) All the Good Times (, The American Magazine) Case for Innocence (, Collier's) No Time for Tears (, American Magazine) The Great Big-Hearted People (, Collier's) Rendezvous with Treason (, ) Remember the Good Times (, American Magazine) You Got to Think of the Kids (, Liberty) No Shadow of Doubt (, Collier's) Wait Till I'm On My Feet (, Collier's) Something Like a Dream (, Good Housekeeping) Give Me This (, Collier's) Welcome Home, Soldier (, The Elks Magazine) Moment in the Dark (, Cosmopolitan) You Know How Women Are (, Good Housekeeping) Just Leave Everything to Me (, Good Housekeeping) The Big World (, Women's Home Companion) The Things You Say (, The Saturday Evening Post) The Woman in Shadow (, Liberty) Last Question (avril 22, 1945, ) You Haven't Changed a Bit (, Cosmopolitan) Your Face Looks Familiar (, Liberty) You Can't Have Everything (, Cosmopolitan) Roses in the Rain (, Cosmopolitan) Round Trip (, Good Housekeeping) You Owe It to Yourself (, American Magazine) Wayward Journey (, Good Housekeeping) The Woman who Changed Her Mind (, Cosmopolitan) Unfinished Marriage (, American Magazine) The Web (, Cosmopolitan) The Bribe (, Cosmopolitan) Nightfall (, Cosmopolitan) Rebound (, Good Housekeeping) Back in Town (, Liberty) Appointment in Rio (, Today's Woman) Not a Care in the World (, Ladies' Home Journal) All the Way Back (, Redbook) Guess Again, Lady (, McCall's) Forbidden Affair (, The Saturday Evening Post) Old Put's Camp Ground (, Ford Times) The Girl on the Big Drum (, This Week) Money, Money (, This Week) Scandal in St. Louis (, Collier's) White Villa in Rio (, Cosmopolitan) Mask of Murder (, The Saturday Evening Post) Try It My Way (, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine) Mon chemin en vaut un autre, Alfred Hitchcock magazine , Chances Is Sometimes an Enemy (1956) La Mauvaise Chance, Mystère magazine , You Can Take So Much (, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine) The Man who Knew (, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine) Celui qui savait, Mystère magazine , The Island Nobody Knows (, Ford Times) The Man You Love (, Family Circle) No Kid Stuff (, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine) Pas d'enfantillage, Mystère magazine , Wanted: An Accomplice (, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine) On demande un complice, Mystère magazine , Pity the Poor Underdog (, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine) Pitié pour les pauvres opprimés, Le Saint détective magazine , , Mystère magazine , The Fifth Question (, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine) La Cinquième Question, Mystère magazine , Killer at Large (, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine) Le Tueur des champs, Mystère magazine , Needle in a Haystack (, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine) Un aiguille dans une botte de foin, Mystère magazine , 1963 Wings of Mercy (Air Stories) The Bluff That Worked (Action Stories) Bolt From the Blue (Air Stories) Boomerang Barnes (Air Adventures) Coast of Hate (Action Stories) The Come Back (Lariat) The Creed of Sergeant Bone (Argosy) The Darjeeling Diamond (Action Stories) Doom Lagoon (Action Stories) Flame Island (Action Stories) Fly-by-Night () The Yukon Trail (North West Stories) Outcast Ships (Air Stories) Sky-Trap (Air Stories) Israel Putnam Camp Grounds (Ford Times) Wolves of Dismay (Wide World Adventures) Pound for Pound (Danger Trail) Proud Eagles (Air Stories) The Seed of Caution (Sea Stories) South of Saigon (Air Stories) Stand Up and Fight (Short Stories)
Autres nouvelles signées Grimes Hill The Kill (, Black Mask) The Spot and the Lady (, Black Mask)
Autre nouvelle signée Lewis Nebel Sunken Sovereigns
Autre nouvelle signée Eric Lewis Some Grudge
Recueils de nouvelles Six Deadly Dames, 1950 The Adventures of Cardigan, 1988 The Complete Casebook of Cardigan: Vol. 1 (1931-1932) , 2012 The Complete Casebook of Cardigan: Vol. 2 (1933) , 2012 The Complete Casebook of Cardigan: Vol. 3 (1934-1935) , 2012 Tough As Nails: The Complete Cases of Donahue, 2012 Raw Law: The Complete Cases of MacBride & Kennedy, Volume 1: 1928-1930, 2013