Search - List of Books by Leslie Waller

Leslie Elson Waller (April 1, 1923...March 29, 2007), author, the son of Ukrainian immigrants, was born in Chicago, Illinois. He suffered from amblyopia and poliomyelitis as a child, but graduated from Hyde Park High School by the age of 16. He was interested in writing from an early age, and became a police reporter before he went to Wilson Junior College.

He joined the Army Air Corps in 1942 and continued to write, never leaving the US. His first published novel under his own name was Three Day Pass. Before that he published Lie Like a Lady under the pseudonym C.S. Cody.

After World War II, he attended the University of Chicago and married Louise Hetzel. Together they moved to New York City, where his second novel, Phoenix Island, was published in 1953. The couple had 2 children and divorced in 1968. He married Patricia Mahen the same year, and began traveling around the world, starting with a Roman honeymoon.

Waller worked as a public relations account executive at Harshe-Rotman and Druck in New York, servicing a variety of accounts, including Hertz Rent-a-Car. In the meantime, he continued to write novels and a children's book series, "A Book to Begin on...".

His organized crime trilogy, The Banker, The Family and The American garnered recognition, landing the last title on The New York Times bestseller list. Waller became known as a go-to man for novelizations and produced the novels for Dog Day Afternoon (under the pseudonym Patrick Mann), Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Hide in Plain Sight.

Leslie Waller, with his co-author Arnold Drake are credited with having written the first graphic novel, It Rhymes with Lust. It was their idea to pitch a new idea, the "picture novel", a bridge between comic books and "book books", to St John, the publisher who released It Rhymes with Lust. It Rhymes with Lust was rereleased by Dark Horse Comics in the spring of 2007 (see press release here: http://www.darkhorse.com/news/pressrelease.php?id=1370).

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Total Books: 82
It Rhymes With Lust
2007 - It Rhymes with Lust (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781593077280
ISBN-10: 1593077289
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Comics & Graphic Novels
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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1997 - Eden (Hardcover)
Mafia Wars
1993 - Mafia Wars (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780451403711
ISBN-10: 0451403711
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Amazing Faith
1988 - Amazing Faith (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780070679320
ISBN-10: 0070679320
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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Embassy
1988 - Embassy (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780070679443
ISBN-10: 0070679444
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Embassy
1987 - Embassy (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780070679412
ISBN-10: 007067941X
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Falcon Crest
1984 - Falcon Crest (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780440124375
ISBN-10: 0440124379
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Gameplan
1984 - Gameplan (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780553242447
ISBN-10: 055324244X
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Blood and Dreams
1982 - Blood and Dreams (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780515064261
ISBN-10: 0515064262
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Blood and Dreams
1980 - Blood and Dreams (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780399125645
ISBN-10: 0399125647
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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The Brave and the Free
1980 - The Brave and the Free (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780440109150
ISBN-10: 0440109159
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Trocadero
1979 - Trocadero (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780440186137
ISBN-10: 0440186137
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Hide in Plain Sight
1978 - Hide in Plain Sight (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780440136033
ISBN-10: 0440136032
Genre: Nonfiction
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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COAST OF FEAR
1976 - Coast of Fear (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780583125376
ISBN-10: 0583125379
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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The Swiss Account
1976 - The Swiss Account (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780385096614
ISBN-10: 0385096615
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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The Swiss Account
1976 - The Swiss Account (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780553100921
ISBN-10: 0553100920
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Banker The
1971 - Banker The (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780583113397
ISBN-10: 0583113397
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Clothing [A Book to begin on] (Other)
Time [Open Gate S] (Hardcover)
Electricity [Open Gate S] (Hardcover)
Trocadero A novel
Trocadero a Novel (Other)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780440090731
ISBN-10: 0440090733
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Family by Waller
Family By Waller (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780583119306
ISBN-10: 0583119301
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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A Change in the Wind
A Change in the Wind (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780583119818
ISBN-10: 0583119816
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Deadly Sins
Deadly Sins (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780749306960
ISBN-10: 0749306963
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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Target Diana
Target Diana (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780971027701
ISBN-10: 0971027706
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
  • Currently 0/5 Stars.
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