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Davis Dresser | |
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| Born | July 31, 1904 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | February 4, 1977 (aged 72) Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| Pen name | Brett Halliday, Asa Baker, Mathew Blood, Kathryn Culver, Don Davis, Hal Debrett, Anthony Scott, Anderson Wayne |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Period | 1927–1977 |
| Genre | Mystery, westerns, romances |
Brett Halliday (July 31, 1904 – February 4, 1977) is the primary pen name of Davis Dresser, an American mystery and western writer. Halliday is best known for the long-lived series of Michael Shayne mysteries he wrote, and later commissioned others to continue. Dresser also wrote westerns, non-series mysteries, and romances under the names Asa Baker, Matthew Blood, Kathryn Culver, Don Davis, Hal Debrett, Anthony Scott, Peter Field, and Anderson Wayne.