Lawrence Block (born 24 June 1938) is an American author of crime fiction, best known for creating the characters of Matthew Scudder and Bernie Rhodenbarr. He is also a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, and was a regular on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
Select works include:
- Matthew Scudder series
- The Sins of the Fathers (1976)
- Time to Murder and Create (1976)
- In the Midst of Death (1976)
- A Stab in the Dark (1981)
- Eight Million Ways to Die (1982)
- When the Sacred Ginmill Closes (1986)
- Out on the Cutting Edge (1989)
- A Ticket to the Boneyard (1990)
- A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (1991)
- A Walk Among the Tombstones (1992)
- The Devil Knows You're Dead (1993)
- A Long Line of Dead Men (1994)
- Even the Wicked (1997)
- Everybody Dies (1998)
- Hope to Die (2001)
- All the Flowers Are Dying (2005)
- A Drop of the Hard Stuff (2011)
- The Night and the Music (2013, collection of short stories and novelettes)
- A Time to Scatter Stones (2019, novella)
- Bernie Rhodenbarr series
- Burglars Can't Be Choosers (1977)
- The Burglar in the Closet (1978)
- The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling (1979)
- The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza (1980)
- The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian (1983)
- The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams (1994)
- The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart (1995)
- The Burglar in the Library (1997)
- The Burglar in the Rye (1999)
- The Burglar on the Prowl (2004)
- The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons (2013)
- The Burglar in Short Order (2020, collection of short stories)
- The Burglar who Met Fredric Brown (2022)
- Keller series
- Hit Man (1998)
- Hit List (2000)
- Hit Parade (2006)
- Hit and Run (2008)
- Hit Me (2013)
- Keller’s Fedora (2016, novella)
- Keller in Dallas (2009, short story)
- Keller’s Adjudstment (2012, short story)
- Keller’s Therapy (2013, short story)
- Keller’s Horoscope (2013, short story)
- Keller on the Spot (2013, short story)
- Keller the Dogkiller (2016, short story)
- Keller in Des Moines (2016, short story)
- Keller’s Designated Hitter (2016, short story)
- Keller’s Homecoming (2016, short story)
- Evan Michael Tanner series
- The Thief Who Couldn’t Sleep (1966)
- The Canceled Czech (1966)
- Tanner’s Twelve Swingers (1967)
- The Scoreless Thai (1968)
- Tanner’s Tiger (1968)
- Tanner’s Virgin (1968)
- Me Tanner, You Jane (1970)
- Tanner on Ice (1998)
- Chip Harrison series (written as Chip Harrison)
- No Score (1970)
- Chip Harrison Scores Again (1971)
- Make Out with Murder (1974)
- The Topless Tulip Caper (1975)
- As Dark as Christmas Gets (1997, short story)
