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George C. Chesbro (June 4, 1940 – November 18, 2008[1]) was an American author of detective fiction. His most notable works feature '"Dr. Robert "Mongo the Magnificent" Fredrickson"'. He also wrote the novelisation of The Golden Child, a movie of the same name starring Eddie Murphy.

Chesbro was born in Washington, D.C. He worked as a special education teacher at Pearl River and later at Rockland Psychiatric Center, where he worked with troubled teens. Chesbro was married and had a son, a daughter and two stepdaughters.[2]

Bibliography

The Mongo Series

• Shadow of a Broken Man 1977 (ISBN 0-671-22696-7)
• City of Whispering Stone 1978 (ISBN 0-9674503-1-4)
• An Affair of Sorcerers 1979 (ISBN 0-671-24625-9)
• The Beasts of Valhalla 1985 (ISBN 0-689-11516-4)
• Two Songs This Archangel Sings 1987 (ISBN 0-689-11659-4)
• The Cold Smell of Sacred Stone 1988 (ISBN 0-689-11913-5)
• Second Horseman Out of Eden 1989 (ISBN 0-689-11979-8)
• The Language of Cannibals 1990 (ISBN 0-892-96394-8)
• In the House of Secret Enemies 1990 (ISBN 0-892-96395-6)
• The Fear in Yesterday's Rings 1991 (ISBN 0-892-96396-4)
• Dark Chant in a Crimson Key 1992 (ISBN 0-892-96463-4)
• An Incident at Bloodtide 1993 (ISBN 0-892-96464-2)
• Bleeding in the Eye of a Brainstorm 1995 (ISBN 1-930253-13-3)
• Dream of a Falling Eagle 1996 (ISBN 1-930253-14-1)
• Lord of Ice and Loneliness 2003 (ISBN 978-2-7436-1532-1) French translation, not published in the US.

The Chant series

• Chant 1986
• Chant: Silent Killer 1987
• Chant: Code of Blood 1987

The Veil Series

• Veil 1986
• Jungle of Steel and Stone 1988

Other Novels

• Bone - Mysterious Press, 1989
• The Golden Child - Pocket, 1986
• Turn Loose The Dragons - Ballantine, 1982
• Crying Freeman - Rivages, 1999 (French translation, novelisation of French film)
• King's Gambit - New English Library, 1976
• The Keeper - Apache Books Publications, 2001
• Prism: A Memoir As Fiction - Apache Books Publications, 2001

Short-Story Collections

• Strange Prey - Apache Beach Publications, 2004
• Lone Wolves - Apache Beach Publications, 2003

References

External links

Wikiquote has quotations related to George Chesbro.

• Dangerous Dwarf, George Chesbro's official site
• Inkwell Newswatch Chesbro Interview

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