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Joseph Hayes (August 2, 1918—September 11, 2006) was an American author and playwright, born in Indianapolis, Indiana. When he was thirteen, he entered a Benedictine monastery, staying there for two years. He graduated from Indiana University.

In 1949, he brought "Leaf and Bough" to Broadway. In 1954, he wrote the novel The Desperate Hours, his most successful work, which he brought to Broadway as The Desperate Hours in 1955 and turned into the screenplay for The Desperate Hours, also in 1955. He won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Motion Picture Screenplay for that screenplay in 1956. Joseph Hayes also won two Tony Awards.

In 1962, he wrote his last script for Broadway, Calculated Risk, and also wrote Bon Voyage!, a Disney movie, in the same year.

His books include Ways of Darkness, No Escape, Winner's Circle, Island on Fire, Missing...and Presumed Dead, The Long Dark Night, Like Any Other Fugitive, The Deep End, The Third Day, Bon Voyage (with his wife Marrijane Hayes), Don't Go Away Mad, The Hours After Midnight, and The Desperate Hours.

He died in a nursing home from Alzheimer's disease in 2006. His survivors include three sons, ten grandchildren, and eleven great-grand children.
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Total Books: 36
When No One is Watching
2010 - When No One Is Watching (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780984387946
ISBN-10: 0984387943
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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The Eighty-Fifth in France and Flanders Being a History of the Justly Famous 85th Canadian Infantry Battalion  in the
2010 - The Eighty-fifth in France and Flanders Being a History of the Justly Famous 85th Canadian Infantry Battalion in The [Nova Scotia Highlanders] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781152517059
ISBN-10: 1152517058
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Desperate Hours
1985 - Desperate Hours (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780881841725
ISBN-10: 0881841722
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Desperate Hours
1977 - The Desperate Hours (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780451076892
ISBN-10: 0451076893
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The Long Dark Night
1977 - The Long Dark Night (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780440148241
ISBN-10: 0440148243
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Long Dark Night
Long Dark Night (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780330250795
ISBN-10: 0330250795
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Morgen
Morgen (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783570058022
ISBN-10: 3570058026
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