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John Billheimer Books in Order
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work, established in 1977, is a literary award presented as part of the Edgar Awards for a nonfiction critical or biographical hardcover, paperback, or electronic book.
Bibliography verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of John Billheimer's book series? John Billheimer has written 4 book series. The most notable is the Lloyd Keaton Mystery series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by John Billheimer
- #1
Field of Schemes(2012) - #2
A Player to Be Maimed Later(2013)
- #1
Baseball and the Blame Game: Scapegoating in the Major Leagues(2007)
- #1
The Contrary Blues(1998) - #2Highway Robbery(2000)
- #3
Dismal Mountain(2001) - #4
Drybone Hollow(2003) - #5
Stonewall Jackson's Elbow(2006) - #6
Primary Target(2019)
- #1
Hawks on Hawks (By: Joseph McBride)(1982) - #2
Intrepid Laughter: Preston Sturges and the Movies (By: Andrew Dickos)(1985) - #3
Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice (By: David Skal,Jessica Rains)(2008) - #4
Being Hal Ashby: Life of a Hollywood Rebel (By: Nick Dawson)(2009) - #5
Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder (By: Gene D. Phillips)(2010) - #6
Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film (By: Ruth Barton)(2010) - #7
Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley (By: )(2010) - #8
Jack Nicholson: The Early Years (By: Robert David Crane)(2012) - #9
Carl Theodor Dreyer and Ordet (By: Jan Wahl)(2012) - #10
My Life as a Mankiewicz: An Insider's Journey Through Hollywood (By: Robert David Crane,Tom Mankiewicz)(2012) - #11
Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips (By: Michael G. Ankerich)(2012) - #12
John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars (By: Eve Golden)(2013) - #13
Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel (By: Christina Rice)(2013) - #14
Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master (By: Michael Sragow)(2013) - #15
Hitchcock's Partner in Suspense: The Life of Screenwriter Charles Bennett (By: Charles Henry Bennett,John Charles Bennett)(2014) - #16
Bruce Dern: A Memoir (By: Robert David Crane,Bruce Dern,Christopher Fryer)(2014) - #17
Charles Walters: The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance (By: BrentPhillips)(2014) - #18
Dalton Trumbo: Blacklisted Hollywood Radical (By: Larry Ceplair,Christopher Trumbo)(2015) - #19
Hitchcock Lost & Found: The Forgotten Films (By: Philip French,Charles Barr,Alain Kerzoncuf)(2015) - #20
Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder (By: Robert David Crane)(2015) - #21
Hollywood Presents Jules Verne: The Father of Science Fiction on Screen (By: )(2015) - #22
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story (By: Mollie Gregory)(2015) - #23
Hollywood Divided: The 1950 Screen Directors Guild Meeting and the Impact of the Blacklist (By: Kevin Brianton)(2016) - #24
Ridley Scott: A Biography (By: Vincent Lobrutto)(2019) - #25
Olivia de Havilland: Lady Triumphant (By: Victoria Amador)(2019) - #26
Hitchcock and the Censors(2019) - #27
Conversations with Legendary Television Stars: Interviews from the First Fifty Years (By: Ron Miller)(2019) - #28
Film's First Family: The Untold Story of the Costellos (By: Terry Chester Shulman)(2019) - #29
Lewis Milestone: Life and Films (By: Harlow Robinson)(2019) - #30
Mean...Moody...Magnificent! (By: Christina Rice)(2021) - #31
Jayne Mansfield: The Girl Couldn't Help It (By: Eve Golden)(2021) - #32
Strictly Dynamite: The Sensational Life of Lupe Velez (By: Eve Golden)(2023) - #33
The Herridge Style: The Life and Work of a Television Revolutionary (By: Robert Herridge,John Sorensen)(2025) - #34
June Mathis: The Rise and Fall of a Silent Film Visionary (By: Thomas J. Slater)(2025)
About John Billheimer
The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work, established in 1977, is a literary award presented as part of the Edgar Awards for a nonfiction critical or biographical hardcover, paperback, or electronic book.
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