Brett Halliday

Davis Dresser
Born(1904-07-31)July 31, 1904
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedFebruary 4, 1977(1977-02-04) (aged 72)
Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Pen nameBrett Halliday, Asa Baker, Mathew Blood, Kathryn Culver, Don Davis, Hal Debrett, Anthony Scott, Anderson Wayne
OccupationNovelist
Period1927–1977
GenreMystery, 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.