Hal Bennett

George Harold "Hal" Bennett (1936 – 2004)[1][2] was an author known for a variety of books. His 1974 novel Lord of Dark Places was described as "a satirical and all but scatological attack on the phallic myth",[3] and was reprinted in 1997. He was Playboy's most promising writer of the year. He also wrote under the pen names Harriet Janeway and John D. Revere (the Assassin series). His books are sometimes compared to Mark Twain's style of satire, but contain a much stronger sexual tone.

Hal Bennett
Bennett author photo from the jacket of Wait Until The Evening
Born
George Harold Bennett

1936
Died2004(2004-00-00) (aged 67–68)
NationalityUnited States
Other namesHarriet Janeway
John D. Revere
OccupationWriter

Awards and honors

Selected bibliography

[4]

  • The Mexico City Poems and House on Hay (Chicago: Obsidian Press, 1961)
  • A Wilderness of Vines (Garden City: Doubleday, 1966)
  • The Black Wine (Garden City: Doubleday, 1968)
  • Lord of Dark Places (New York: Norton, 1970) (ISBN 1885983123) (ISBN 9781885983121)
  • Wait Until the Evening (Garden City: Doubleday, 1974) (ISBN 0385010222) (ISBN 9780385010221)
  • Seventh Heaven (Garden City: Doubleday, 1976) (ISBN 0385066597) (ISBN 9780385066594)
  • Insanity Runs In Our Family: Short Stories (Garden City: Doubleday, 1977)(ISBN 0385066643) (ISBN 9780385066648)

as Harriet Janeway

as John D. Revere
  • Justin Perry : The Assassin[6]
  • The Assassin 2 : Vatican Kill
  • The Assassin 3 : Born To Kill
  • The Assassin 4: Death's Running Mate
  • The Assassin 5: Stud Service

Autobiography
  • The Visible Man (1991)

Further reading

References
  1. The New Jersey Star-Ledger, Newark, September 11, 2004.
  2. The Hal Bennett collection Archived 2014-05-20 at the Wayback Machine in the Contemporary Collections at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University
  3. Walcott, Ronald (July 1974). "The Novels of Hal Bennett". Black World/Negro Digest. Johnson Publishing Company. p. 79.
  4. Emmanuel S. Nelson (ed.), Contemporary African American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook.
  5. http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=60&ti=51,60&Search_Arg=janeway&Search_Code=NALL&CNT=25&PID=b9RBR8EAxfJb3VlFfozBiBk5&SEQ=20100608193338&SID=2
  6. http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=3&ti=1,3&Search_Arg=bennett,%20hal&Search_Code=NALL&CNT=25&PID=zQCnwwgGIwZQNDcKl6nIdmPpg&SEQ=20100608210321&SID=1


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