List of authors in the Executioner series

The Executioner (aka Mack Bolan) is a monthly men's action-adventure paperback series of books. It has spanned several spin-offs and imitators over its four decades in print and currently has 423 installments (as of February 2014) that have sold more than 200 million copies.^[1] Created and initially written by American author Don Pendleton in 1969, who wrote 37 of the original 38 Bolan books (#16 was written by one "Jim Petersen" during a legal dispute between Pendleton and Pinnacle)^[2] before he licensed the rights to Gold Eagle in 1980. Since 1981, the series has been written collectively by a series of ghostwriters.

Authors

Authors categorized into the decade in which they published their debut work.

1969-1980

#	Author	Titles published	Years active	Debut novel	Final novel	Notes of interest
1	Don Pendleton	38	1969–1980	#1: War Against The Mafia	#38: Satan's Sabbath
2	Jim Peterson	1	1973	#16: Sicilian Slaughter	#16: Sicilian Slaughter	Pseudonym of William Crawford[3]

1981-1989

#	Author	Titles published	Years active	Debut novel	Final novel	Notes of interest
3	Saul Wernick	1	1981	#39: The New War	#39: The New War
4	Steven Krauzer	4	1982–1983	#40: Double Crossfire	#50: Brothers in Blood
5	Mike Newton	78[4]	1982–present	#41: The Violent Streets	N/A
6	Stephen Mertz	11	1982–1986	#42: The Iranian Hit	#94: Save the Children
7	Ray Obstfeld	4	1982–1986	#46: Bloodsport	#93: The Fire Eaters
8	Patrick Neary	1	1983	#51: Vulture's Vengeance	#51: Vulture's Vengeance
9	Alan Bomack	4	1983–1986	#53: Invisible Assassins	#87: Hellfire Crusade	Pseudonym of David Wade[5]
10	E. Richard Churchill	2	1983	#54: Mountain Rampage	#56: Island Deathtrap
11	Chet Cunningham	6	1983–1986	#59: Crude Kill	#88: Baltimore Trackdown
12	Tom Jagninski	2	1984	#61: Tiger War	#65: Cambodia Clash
13	Peter Leslie	8	1984–1990	#70: Ice Cold Kill	#143: Helldust Cruise
14	Tom Arnett	2	1985–1986	#78: Death Games	#86: Hell's Gate
15	James Lord	1	1985	#84: Fastburn	#86: Fastburn
16	Dan Schmidt	23	1986–2006	#95: Blood and Thunder	#331: Assault Force
17	Mike McQuay	23	1986–1988	#96: Death Has A Name	#116: The Killing Urge
18	Charlie McDade	8	1987–1993	#97: Meltdown	#171: Deadly Force
19	Kent Delaney	1	1987	#105: Countdown to Chaos	#105: Countdown to Chaos
20	Kevin Randle	1	1988	#118: Warrior's Revenge	#118: Warrior's Revenge
21	Kirk Sanson	4	1989–1990	#121: Twisted Path	#138: Kill Trap
22	Jack Garside	1	1989	#122: Desert Strike	#122: Desert Strike
23	Mel Odom	18	1989–2003	#123: War Born	#298: Final Play
24	Carl Furst	8	1989–1992	#127: Kill Zone	#168: Blood Price

1990-1999

#	Author	Titles published	Years active	Debut novel	Final novel	Notes of interest
25	Jerry Van Cook	32[6]	1990–present	#139: Cutting Edge	N/A
26	Roland J. Green	4	1991–1994	#145: Chicago Payoff	#183: Clean Sweep
27	Rich Rainey	9	1991–2001	#146: Deadly Tactics	#275: Crossed Borders
28	William Fieldhouse	6	1992–1999	#166: Assassin's Creed	#245: Virtual Destruction
29	Ron Renauld	6	1992–2010	#167: Double Action	#381: Killing Ground
30	David L. Robbins	9	1993–2005	#169: White Heat	#322: Time Bomb
31	Mike Linaker	16[6]	1993–present	#179: War Hammer	N/A
32	Michael Kasner	2	1995–1997	#198: Shoot Down	#217: Fight or Die
33	Rick Price	1	1995	#201: Prime Target	#201: Prime Target
34	David North	4	1996–1998	#207: Freedom Strike	#232: Jackal Hunt
35	Chuck Rogers	25 [6]	1996–present	#208: Death Whisper	N/A
36	Tim Somheil	4	1996–2004	#215: Fire Hammer	#306: Mercy Mission
37	Will Murray	1	1997	#226: Red Horse	#226: Red Horse
38	Alan Philipson	4	1998–2000	#231: Slaughter Squad	#261: Dawnkill
39	Mark Ellis	2	1998	#237: Hellfire Trigger	#240: Devil's Guard

2000-2009

#	Author	Titles published	Years active	Debut novel	Final novel	Notes of interest
41	Jon Guenther	12	2000–present	#255: War Bird	#466: Chicago Vendetta
42	Gerald Montgomery	4	2000–2001	#262: Trigger Point	#276: Leviathan
43	Douglas P. Wojtowicz	11[6]	2003–present	#291: Blood Trade	#N/A
44	Tim Tresslar	4[6]	2003–present	#293: Death Merchants	#N/A
45	Andy Boot	6[6]	2003–present	#299: Dangerous Encounter	#N/A
46	Nathan Meyer	4[6]	2007–present	#341: Rebel Force	#N/A
47	Peter Spring	3	2007–2008	#345: Orange Alert	#356: Defense Breach
48	Phil Elmore	9 [6]	2007–present	#345: Orange Alert	N/A
49	Russell Davis	6 [6]	2009–present	#371: Fire Zone	N/A
50	Keith DeCandido	2	2009–2010	#373: Code of Honor	#379: Deep Recon

2010-present

#	Author	Titles published	Years active	Debut novel	Final novel	Notes of interest
51	Darwin Holmstrom	2	2010–2011	#373: Code of Honor	#379: Deep Recon
52	Travis Morgan	2	2011–2012	#393: Stand Down	#401: Jungle Hunt
53	Joshua Reynolds	1	2012	#408: Border Offensive	#408: Border Offensive
54	Michael A. Black	1 [6]	2013–present	#419: Sleeping Dragons	N/A
55	Nick Pollotta	1	2014	#423: Breakout	#423: Breakout	Published posthumously.[7]