Pasadena in December 2018 at the age of 79. His wife said the cause was complications of Parkinson's disease. Legacy John Grisham credited Garfield’s article “Ten Rules for Suspense Fiction” with “giving him the tools” to write his thrillers. When he died, Lawrence Block tweeted, “RIP Brian Garfield. Fine writer, friend for years”. In 2015, The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center in Sana Fe announced that Brian Garfield and his wife had given a gift of correspondence between O’Keeffe and Garfield's mother, Frances O’Brien, "that provides insight into the women’s shared work ethic, their era and their sense of humor — and shows O’Keeffe’s penchant for dashes in her informal notes. The gift includes letters, postcards, interviews and other materials from the 1940s to the 1970s that were collected by O’Brien". Pen names Bennett Garland Alex Hawk John Ives Drew Mallory Frank O'Brian Jonas Ward Brian Wynne Frank Wynne Works Novels Short stories Collections: Checkpoint Charlie (1981), collection of 12 short stories Suspended Sentences (1992), collection of 8 short stories Non-fiction The Thousand-Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians (1969) Western Films: A Complete Guide (1982) The Meinertzhagen Mystery: The Life and Legend of a Colossal Fraud (2008) Screenplays The Last Hard Men (1976) - Garfield did uncredited rewrites. Based on his novel Gun Down (1971). Hopscotch (1980) - Based on his novel. The Stepfather (1987) - Screenplay by Donald E. Westlake, based on a story by Garfield, Westlake, and Carolyn Lefcourt. See also List of Ace Western Double Titles References External links Brian Garfield author page at Piccadilly Publishing Brian Garfield's website Pen names 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American novelists 1939 births 2018 deaths American male novelists American male screenwriters American mystery writers Edgar Award winners Western (genre) writers