Back ብሬት ሆሊደይ Amharic بريت هاليداي Arabic بريت هاليداى ARZ Brett Halliday German Brett Halliday Finnish Brett Halliday French Brett Halliday Italian Бретт Халлидей Russian Davis Dresser Swedish Brett Halliday Uzbek
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Davis Dresser | |
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| Born | July 31, 1904 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | February 4, 1977 (aged 72) Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| Pen name | Brett Halliday, Asa Baker, Mathew Blood, Kathryn Culver, Don Davis, Hal Debrett, Anthony Scott, Anderson Wayne |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Period | 1927–1977 |
| Genre | Mystery, westerns, romances |
Brett Halliday (July 31, 1904 – February 4, 1977) is the primary pen name of Davis Dresser, an American mystery and western writer. Halliday is best known for the long-lived series of Michael Shayne mysteries he wrote, and later commissioned others to continue. Dresser also wrote westerns, non-series mysteries, and romances under the names Asa Baker, Matthew Blood, Kathryn Culver, Don Davis, Hal Debrett, Anthony Scott, Peter Field, and Anderson Wayne.