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Novels I Short Stories I Essays I Television

Novels:
"The Monkey’s Raincoat"
-- Bantam -- 1987
paperback original
"Stalking the Angel"
-- Bantam -- 1989
"Lullaby Town"
-- Bantam -- 1992
"Free Fall"
-- Bantam -- 1993
"Voodoo River"
-- Hyperion -- 1995
"Sunset Express"
-- Hyperion -- 1996
"Indigo Slam"
-- Hyperion --1997
"L. A. Requiem"
-- Doubleday -- 1999
"Demolition Angel"
-- Doubleday -- 2000
"Hostage"
-- Doubleday -- 2001
"The Last Detective"
-- Doubleday -- 2003
"The Forgotten Man"
-- Doubleday -- 2005
Short Stories:
"With Crooked Hands"
-- Clarion SF, edited by Kate Wilhelm -- Berkley Medallion -- 1977. This was the author’s first professional sale.
"The Dust of Evening"
-- 2076: The American Tricentennial, edited by Edward Bryant -- Pyramid Books -- 1977
"Weigh Station"
-- Twilight Zone Magazine -- vol. 2, #2 -- May, 1982
"Weigh Station"
-- reprint -- Night Cry, Twilight Zone Digest Special -- vol. 1, #1 -- 1984
"The Man Who Knew Dick Bong"
-- Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe: A Centennial Celebration, edited by Byron Preiss -- Knopf -- 1988.
"The Man Who Knew Dick Bong"
-- Absolute Disaster: Fiction from Los Angeles, edited by Lee Montgomery -- Dove Books -- reprint -- 1996.
(Note: due to contractural requirements all references to ‘Philip Marlowe’ and all other characters owned by the Chandler Estate have been changed in this version of the story. ‘Philip Marlowe’ has been changed to ‘Deets Boedecker.’)
Essays:
"The Cricket Beneath the Hammer"
-- a foreward to ‘The Harlan Ellison Hornbook’ by Harlan Ellison -- Penzler Books -- 1990
"Nero Wolfe was a Dick"
-- introduction to ‘Before Midnight’ by Rex Stout -- Bantam reissue edition -- November, 1993
"If They Hang You I’ll Aways Remember You"
-- introduction to ‘The Maltese Falcon’ by Dashiell Hammett, for the Mystery Guild reissue

Television:
(all credits ‘Written by Robert Crais’ unless otherwise noted)

Episodic Series

Baretta
ABC, Universal Studios
"Make the Sun Shine"
-- November 30, 1977 (original title: ‘Who Can Make the Sun Shine?’)
"It Goes With the Job"
-- December 21, 1977
"Woman Trouble"
-- March 23, 1978
"Bad Cop"
-- original story dated May 31, 1977 -- unproduced
"Laughter of the Clowns"
-- original story -- undated -- unproduced

Vega$
ABC, Twentieth Century Fox, Aaron Spelling Productions
"King of the Hill"
-- original story -- 1978 -- unproduced

Quincy, M.E.
NBC, Universal Studios
"Death by Good Intention"
-- Teleplay by Robert Crais, Story by Howard Dimsdale and Michael Halperin -- October 26, 1978
"No Way to Treat a Body"
-- Written by Robert Crais and Bill Seal -- November 30, 1978
"A Question of Death"
-- Teleplay by Aubrey Solomon & Steve Greenberg, Story by Peter Thompson & Robert Crais and Aubrey Solomon & Steve Greenberg -- January 18, 1979
"The Depth of Beauty"
-- Teleplay by Robert Crais, Story by Robert Crais and Barbara Evans -- January 25, 1979
"Dark Angel"
-- Written by Robert Crais -- February 15, 1979
"Semper Fidelis"
-- Teleplay by Robert Crais, Story by Maurice Klugman -- March 15, 1979. (original title: ‘The Hero’)
"An Ounce of Prevention"
-- Teleplay by Steve Greenberg & Aubrey Solomon & Robert Crais, Story by Steve Greenberg & Aubrey Solomon & Robert Crais and Larry Tuch & Sol Weisel -- March 22, 1979.
"The Eye of the Needle"
-- Teleplay by A. L. Christopher and Robert Crais, Story by A. L. Christopher -- April 12, 1979.
"Hot Ice"
-- Teleplay by Robert Crais, Story by Robert Crais and Ralph Wallace Davenport -- October 18, 1979.
"Murder by S.O.P."
-- Written by Robert Crais -- November 29, 1979.
"By the Death of a Child"
-- Written by Robert Crais -- April 8, 1981.

Joe Dancer
NBC, Universal Studios
"The Web of Jerry G."
-- unproduced 60 minute -- January 5, 1980.
"A Clear Cut Case of Murder"
-- unproduced 60 minute -- original title: "The Perfect Crime" -- December 8, 1980.
"The Monkey Mission"
-- 2 hour -- original title: "Sweet Wine, an Old Line, One More Time"—starred Robert Blake -- aired March 23, 1981.

The Second Family Tree
CBS
"Triangles"
-- Teleplay by Emily Shoemaker, Story by Robert Crais -- air date unknown

Cassie and Company
"Anything for a Friend"
-- June 22, 1982
Riker, David Gerber Productions
"Sisters"
-- March 21, 1981

Hill Street Blues
NBC, MTM Studios.
"The Last White Man on East Ferry Avenue"
-- Teleplay by Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, and Robert Crais, Story by Michael Kozoll, Anthony Yerkovich, and Steven Bochco -- November 12, 1981
"The Second Oldest Profession"
-- Teleplay by Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovich, and Robert Crais, Story by Michael Kozoll, Steven Bochco, and Anthony Yerkovich -- November 19, 1981
"Cranky Streets"
-- Teleplay by Robert Crais, Story by Michael Kozoll and Steven Bochco -- December 10, 1981.

Cagney & Lacey
CBS, Orion Television
"Witness to an Incident"
-- Teleplay by Paul L. Ehrmann and April Smith & Robert Crais & Jeffrey Lane & Frank Abatemarco, Story by Paul L. Ehrmann -- October 25, 1982.
"Beauty Burglars"
-- Written by April Smith & Robert Crais -- November 8, 1982.
"One of Our Own"
-- Written by Robert Crais & April Smith -- December 6, 1982.
"I’ll be Home for Christmas"
-- Written by Robert Crais -- December 20, 1982.

The Mississippi
CBS, Warner Bros.
"There is a Tiger in the Town"
-- Written by Jerry Gret Samouche (‘Jerry Gret Samouche’ is one of Crais’s registered pseudonyms. When spoken aloud in the French, it is French slang for "I’m sorry this stinks.") -- September 27, 1983. (Original title: ‘All My Life in a Day’).
"The Baby"
-- original story -- 1983 -- unproducedPartners in Crime, NBC, Johnny Carson Productions
"Michael"
-- (episode #780-01) -- unproduced

Futuretales
HBO
"Passengers"
-- Teleplay by Robert Crais, based upon the story by Robert Silverberg -- 30 minutes -- unproduced -- 1985.

Twilight Zone
CBS, CBS Productions
"Monsters"
-- January 24, 1986.

Miami Vice
NBC, Universal Studios
"Payback"
– guest cast included Roberto Duran and Frank Zappa -- March 14, 1986.
"Borrasca"
-- written by Vladislavo Stepankutza and Elvis Cole (written in collaboration with Steve Volpe) -- December 9, 1988. (‘Elvis Cole’ is one of Crais’s registered pseudonyms, as well as his fictional detective creation.)

L. A. Law
NBC, Twentieth Century Fox
"Love in Bloom"
-- Written by Robert Crais, Carol Flint, Judith Feldman, Sarah Woodside Gallagher -- April 23, 1992

The Equalizer
CBS, Universal Studios
"Last Call"
-- March 23, 1988
"Regrets Only"
-- (original title: "A Family Obsession") -- March 30, 1988

Men
ABC, Universal Studios
"When the Wind Blows"
-- (original title: ‘Family Men’) -- air date unknown
"Brave Men"
-- air date unknown

Earth II
NBC, Universal Studios
"All About Eve"
-- May 21, 1995

JAG
NBC, Paramount
"Desert Son"
-- (original title: ‘Anything for a Friend’) -- Teleplay by Elvis Cole and Donald P. Belasario and Evan Katz, Story by Elvis Cole -- October 7, 1995. (Elvis Cole is one of Crais’s registered pseudonyms, as well as his fictional detective creation. This episode originally aired with the name ‘Robert Crais’ in the credits, but a WGA ruling required that the credit be changed for subsequent airings.)


Movies Of The Week and Miniseries:

"Cross of Fire"
-- 4-hour NBC miniseries -- November 5 & 6, 1989.
"In Self Defense"
-- 2-hour ABC MOW -- Teleplay by Robert Crais and David Peckinpah, Story by David Peckinpah -- May 22, 1987
"Night Chills"
-- 2-hour CBS MOW, Warner Bros. -- Teleplay by Robert Crais, based upon the novel by Dean R. Koontz -- 1990 -- unproduced.
"Victims of Pan Am Flight 103"
-- 2-hour NBC MOW, NBC Productions -- unproduced -- 1993.
"Florida Straits"
-- 2-hour ABC MOW (see also ‘pilots’) -- Universal/Dick Wolf Prods -- 1996


Television Pilots:

"Molly’s Place"
-- 30 minute pilot -- Written by Jack Klugman and Robert Crais -- 1979 -- unproduced
"M.V.P."
-- 60 minute pilot -- Warner Brothers -- -- 1983 -- unproduced
"The Kidd Brothers"
-- 60 minute pilot -- ABC, Lorimar -- 1985 -- unproduced
"Guardians"
-- 2-hour pilot -- Disney -- 1986 -- unproduced
"Spider-Man"
-- 60 minute pilot -- ABC, New World Television -- based upon the Marvel character -- 1989 -- unproduced
"Bloodhouse"
-- 30 minute pilot -- Teleplay by Robert Crais, Story by Jonathan Betuel and Robert Crais -- Fox Network, Twentieth Century Fox Television -- 1989 -- unproduced
"Archangel"
-- 60 minute pilot -- NBC, Twentieth Century Fox -- 1989 -- unproduced
"Cruisers"
-- 60 minute pilot -- ABC, Lorimar -- 1987 -- unproduced
"Endless Summer"
-- 60 minute pilot -- ABC, Twentieth Century Fox -- (original title: ‘to be continued: the life and cinematic times of Tobey Lewis’) -- 1988 -- unproduced
"Dr. Strange"
-- 60 minute pilot -- CBS, New World Television -- based upon the Marvel character -- 1989 -- unproduced
"Chameleon"
-- 2-hour pilot -- Fox Network, Twentieth Century Fox -- 1991 -- unproduced
"Mr. Lyle"
-- 60 minute pilot -- NBC, Twentieth Century Fox -- produced, but unaired -- 1991
"Storm City"
-- 60 minute pilot -- NBC, Twentieth Century Fox -- unproduced -- 1991
"Dr. Rick"
-- 60 pilot -- NBC, Columbia Television -- unproduced -- 1993
"Sheroes"
-- 60 minute pilot -- CBS, Fred Silverman Company -- unproduced -- 1993
"The Heat"
-- 60 minute pilot -- CBS, Aaron Spelling Productions -- unproduced -- 1995.
"Florida Straits"
-- 120 minute MOW/pilot -- ABC, Universal/Dick Wolf Prods. – unproduced --1996.
(Crais wrote two additional 60 minute scripts for a total of four hours of television – "Smartin" and "Endangered Species.")
"Decoy"
-- 60 minute pilot – CBS, CBS Productions – unproduced – 1998
"Invisible Man"
-- 120 minute pilot – Fox Network, Universal/Dick Wolf Prods. – starred Kyle McLaughlin – 1998|
"Crooks"
-- 60 minute pilot – CBS, CBS Productions – unproduced –1998 

 
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