as Shadows, by Jill Emerson) Babe in the Woods (1960) - Block ghostwrote this novel following the death of author William Ard (only Ard is credited) Death Pulls a Doublecross (1961) (reissued as Coward's Kiss) Mona (1961) (reissued as Sweet Slow Death and by Hard Case Crime as Grifter's Game) Markham (1961) (reissued as You Could Call It Murder) - written and published as a tie-in to TV series Markham The Girl with the Long Green Heart (1965) Deadly Honeymoon (1967) After the First Death (1969) The Specialists (1969) Ronald Rabbit Is a Dirty Old Man (1971) Ariel (1980) Code of Arms (1981) Into the Night (1987) - Block completed this novel from a manuscript by Cornell Woolrich Random Walk (1988) Small Town (2003) The Girl With the Deep Blue Eyes (2015) Dead Girl Blues (2020) Short stories Some Days You Get the Bear: Collected Stories (1994) Enough Rope: Collected Stories (2002) One Night Stands and Lost Weekends (2009) Dolly's Trash and Treasures (written for audio presentation in The Sounds of Crime) (2010) The Night and the Music (2011) Ehrengraf for the Defense (2012) Catch and Release (2013) I Know How To Pick Em (2013) (short story in anthology Dangerous Women) (2013) Dark City Lights: New York Stories (2015) Screenplay My Blueberry Nights (2007, co-written with Wong Kar-wai) Books for writers Writing the Novel From Plot to Print (1979) Telling Lies for Fun & Profit (1981) [a collection of his slightly re-edited fiction how-to column from Writer's Digest] Write For Your Life (1986) Spider, Spin Me a Web (1987) The Liar's Bible (2011) The Liar's Companion (2011) Afterthoughts (2011) Writing the Novel From Plot to Print to Pixel (2016) Memoirs Step by Step: A Pedestrian Memoir (2009) A Writer Prepares (2021) Awards and nominations Wins are in bold. Anthony Awards 1987, Best Novel, When the Sacred Ginmill Closes 1991, Best Novel, A Ticket to the Boneyard 1994, Best Short Story Collection, Some Days You Get the Bear 2001, Best Short Story Collection, Master's Choice II Edgar Awards 1978, Best Paperback Original, Time to Murder and Create 1983, Best Novel, Eight Million Ways to Die 1985, Best Short Story, "By Dawn's Early Light" 1991, Best Short Story, "Answers to Soldier" 1992, Best Novel, A Dance at the Slaughterhouse Best Short Story, "A Blow For Freedom" 1994, Grand Master Award Best Short Story, "Keller's Therapy" 1995, Best Novel, A Long Line of