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. 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.

Single novels as David Robbins

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.

Suspense

Horror novels

Written as David Robbins

Movie adaptations

Non-fiction

Wilderness

Written as David Thompson • #King Of The Mountain • #Lure Of The Wild • #Savage Rendezvous • #Blood Fury • #Tomahawk Revenge • #Black Powder Trail • #Vengenance Trail • #Death Hunt • #Mountain Devil • #Blackfoot Massacre • #Northwest Passage • #Apache Blood • #Mountain Manhunt • #Tenderfoot • #Winterkill • #Blood Truce • #Trapper's Blood • #Mountain Cat • #Iron Warrior • #Wolf Pack • #Black Powder • #Trail's End • #The Lost Valley • #Mountain Madness • #Frontier Mayhem • #Blood Feud • #Gold Rage • #The Quest • #Mountain Nightmare • #Savages • #Blood Kin • #The Westward Tide • #Fang And Claw • #Trackdown • #Frontier Fury • #The Tempest • #Perils In The Wind • #Mountain Man • #Firewater • #Scar • #By Duty Bound • #Flames Of Justice • #Vengeance • #Shadow Realms • #In Cruel Clutches • #Untamed Country • #Reap The Whirlwind • #Lord Grizzly • #Wolverine • #People Of The Forest • #Comanche Moon • #Glacier Terror • #The Rising Storm • #Pure Of Heart • #Into The Unknown • #In Darkest Depths • #Fear Weaver • #Cry Freedom • #Only The Strong • #The Outcast • #The Scalp Hunters • #The Tears of God • #Venom • #Devil Moon • #Seed Of Evil • #Garden Of Eden • #The Gift • #Savage Hearts

Giant Wilderness

White Apache

Written as: Jake McMasters

Davy Crockett

Written as: David Thompson

Compton Novels

Written as Ralph Compton

The Executioner

Written as Don Pendleton

SuperBolans

Written as Don Pendleton

The Trailsman

Written as Jon Sharpe • #118: Arizona Slaughter • #120: Wyoming Manhunt • #122: Gold Fever • #123: Desert Death • #125: Blood Prairie • #127: Nevada Warpath • #128: Snake River Butcher • #131: Bear Town Bloodshed • #135: Mountain Mayhem • #138: Silver Fury • #141: Tomahawk Justice • #144: Abilene Ambush • #146: Nebraska Nightmare • #149: Springfielf Sharpshooters • #152: Prairie Fire • #155: Oklahoma Ordeal • #158: Texas Terror • #161: Rogue River Feud • #164: Nez Perce Nightmare • #166: Colorado Carnage • #169: Soccoro Slaughter • #170: Utah Trackdown • #173: Washington Warpath • #174: Death Valley Bloodbath • #177: Colorado Wolfpack • #178: Apache Arrows • #183: Bayou Bloodbath • #184: Rocky Mountain Nightmare • #187: Sioux War Cry • #190: Pecos Death • #192: Durango Duel • #197: Utah Uprising • #199: Wyoming Wildcats • #201: Salmon River Rage • #205: Mountain Mankillers • #208: Arizona Renegades • #211: Badlands Bloodbath • #214: Texas Hellion • #216: High Sierra Horror • #217: Dakota Deception • #220: Montana Gunsharps • #222: Colorado Diamond Dupe • #226: Nebraska Slaying Ground • #228: Wyoming Warcry • #232: Pacific Phantoms • #235: Flathead Fury • #237: Dakota Damnation • #244: Pacific Polecats • #247: Seven Devils Slaughter • #251: Utah Uproar • #257: Colorado Cutthroats • #261: Desert Death Trap • #264: Snake River Ruins • #272: Nevada Nemesis • #275: Ozarks Onslaught • #278: Mountain Manhunt • #284: Dakota Prairie Pirates • #295: Oasis Of Blood • #300: Backwoods Bloodbath • #303: Terror Trackdown • #306: Nebraska Night Riders • #310: Alaskan Vengeance • #312: Shanghied Six-Guns • #313: Missouri Manhunt • #317: Mountain Mystery • #321: Flathead Fury • #322: Apache Ambush • #327: Idaho Gold Fever • #328: Texas Triggers • #329: Bayou Trackdown • #333: Black Hills Badman • #340: Hannibal Rising • #341: Sierra Six-Guns • #342: Rocky Mountain Revenge • #343: Texas Hellions • #347: Dakota Death Trap • #349: New Mexico Gundown • #350: High Country Horror • #351: Terror Town • #352: Texas Tangle • #353: Bitterroot Bullets • #356: Grizzly Fury • #357: Stagecoach Sidewinders • #359: Platte River Gauntlet • #360: Texas Lead Slingers • #362: Range War • #363: Death Devil • #365: High Country Greed • #366: Mountains Of No Return • #367: Texas Tempest • #370: Blind Man's Bluff • #371: California Killers • #373: Utah Terror • #374: Forth Death • #375: Texas Swamp Fever • #377: Bounty Hunt • #378: Wyoming Winterkill • #380: Texas Tornado • #381: Bowie's Knife • #382: Terror Trackdown • #383: High Plains Massacre • #385: Thunderhead Trail • #387: Apache Vendetta • #389: Outlaw Trackdown • #391: Night Terror • #392: Colorado Carnage • #393: Six-Gun Inferno • #394: Burning Bullets • #398: Arizona Ambushers

Giant Trailsman

Mountain Majesty

Preacher's Law

Omega Sub

The Hardy Boys Casefiles

Written as: Franklin W. Dixon