Writers, from which he won three awards for his short fiction. Ritchie's only novel, Tiger Island, was published in 1987, four years after his death, and other tales continued to be published posthumously, the most recent being "The Fabricator", which appeared in the May, 2009 issue of the Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. Several prominent editors and authors in the mystery field who have praised Ritchie include Alfred Hitchcock, Donald E. Westlake, Anthony Boucher, Francis M. Nevins, Jr., and Edward D. Hoch. References External links Jack Ritchie: An Appreciation and Bibliography 1922 births 1983 deaths 20th-century American novelists American crime fiction writers American male novelists American mystery novelists Edgar Award winners Writers from Milwaukee American male short story writers 20th-century American short story writers 20th-century American male writers Novelists from Wisconsin People from Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin