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John Dunning
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John Dunning

John Dunning has revealed some of book collecting's most shocking secrets in his bestselling series of crime novels featuring Cliff Janeway: Booked to Die, which won the prestigious Nero Wolfe award; The Bookman's Wake, a New York Times Notable Book of 1995; and the New York Times and Book Sense bestsellers The Bookman's Promise, The Sign of the Book, and The Bookwoman's Last Fling. He is also the author of the Edgar Award-nominated Deadline, The Holland Suggestions, and Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime. An expert on rare and collectible books, he owned the Old Algonquin Bookstore in Denver for many years. He is also an expert on American radio history, authoring On the... Read full bio

The Bookman's Promise is now available in Trade Paperback
Nov 22, 2011
The Bookman's Promise will be released on November 22, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Nov 22, 2011
The Sign of the Book will be released on June 11, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Jun 11, 2011
The Sign of the Book is now available in Trade Paperback
Jun 11, 2011
Denver will be released on December 01, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Dec 01, 2010
Denver is now available in Trade Paperback
Dec 01, 2010
Denver will be released on November 23, 2010 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Nov 23, 2010
Denver is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Nov 23, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Booked to Die
Jun 30, 2009
Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime will be released on May 04, 2009 in
May 04, 2009
Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime is now available in
May 04, 2009
Two O'Clock Eastern Wartime is now available in eAudio
Nov 10, 2008
The Bookman's Promise is now available in eAudio
Nov 10, 2008
The Bookwoman's Last Fling will be released on March 27, 2007 in Mass Market Paperback
Mar 27, 2007
The Bookwoman's Last Fling is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Mar 27, 2007
The Bookwoman's Last Fling will be released on March 27, 2007 in
Mar 27, 2007

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Macleans Online, January 11, 2012
...with some provocative ideas about race and gender. Then there was the tribute to B-movie pioneer, Cinepix co-founder John Dunning, who was basically Canada’s Roger Corman, and  kick-started the careers of filmmakers like Cronenberg and Reitman. The...
CTV News, December 14, 2011
...which gives $5,000 in post-production services to a student filmmaker. Cronenberg will present a posthumous award to John Dunning, who passed away in September at age 84 after co-founding the distribution company Cinepix in the 1960s. Dunning's son Greg...
CBC, December 14, 2011
...which gives $5,000 in post-production services to a student filmmaker. Cronenberg will present a posthumous award to John Dunning, who passed away in September at age 84 after co-founding the distribution company Cinepix in the 1960s. Dunning's son Greg...
CBC, December 14, 2011
...which gives $5,000 in post-production services to a student filmmaker. Cronenberg will present a posthumous award to John Dunning, who passed away in September at age 84 after co-founding the distribution company Cinepix in the 1960s. Dunning's son Greg...
Global Regina, December 14, 2011
...which gives $5,000 in post-production services to a student filmmaker. Cronenberg will present a posthumous award to John Dunning, who passed away in September at age 84 after co-founding the distribution company Cinepix in the 1960s. Dunning's son Greg...
Metronews, December 14, 2011
...which gives $5,000 in post-production services to a student filmmaker. Cronenberg will present a posthumous award to John Dunning, who passed away in September at age 84 after co-founding the distribution company Cinepix in the 1960s. Dunning's son...
Examiner.com, December 2, 2011
...- Like this? Subscribe to get instant updates. The Milton Berle Show: Salute to Public Servants (NBC, 1947) Of all the comedians who were raised in vaudeville and remained visual clowns at heart despite their ascendancy in old-time radio, Milton Berle...
Kindle Review - Kindle Fire Review, Kindle 4 Revie, November 27, 2011
...bed a few too many times. 312 pages.On The Air: The Encyclopedia of Old Time Radio by John Dunning. Price: $1.99. Genre: Radio Encyclopedia, Radio Reference, The Good Old Days. Rated 5 stars on 38 reviews. It's a massive 850 pages and has glowing...
Mike Flynn's Journal, July 7, 2011
...been turned upside down and emptied by the death of her son and its subsequent political exploitation.  John Dunning used the title Two O’Clock, Eastern Wartime for a tale of murder set in the days of live radio and World War II.  Kipling’s “The...
Unshelved, June 21, 2011
...by Pete Dexter The Pelican Brief: A Novel by John Grisham M.K. Wren’s Conan Flag series John Dunning’s Cliff Janeway “Bookman” series Ilium by Dan Simmons The Lost Books of the Odyssey: A Novel by Zachary Mason The Odyssey graphic novel...
an unfinished person (in this unfinished universe), June 15, 2011
...month, but I decided to return to it after growing bored with another DNF, Booked to Die by John Dunning, which I just couldn’t make it through. This one, though, I had no problem finishing as I am enjoying Reichs’ Bones series so far. I originally...
an unfinished person (in this unfinished universe), June 12, 2011
...of books. I didn’t plan on it, though ;). I did try to read Booked to Die by John Dunning, the first of the Cliff Janeway/Bookman series, but couldn’t finish it after I got to a certain point I found preposterous. I also did re-pick up Twitter for...
an unfinished person (in this unfinished universe), June 5, 2011
...B part, I picked out two books: Booked to Die , the first of the Cliff Janeway/Bookman series , by John Dunning, which I have started and am enjoying so far. Red To Black   by Alex Dryden, the first of two books about a former British spy, Finn . ...