Brett Halliday (July 31, 1904 – February 4, 1977), primary
pen name of
Davis Dresser, was an American
mystery writer, best known for the long-lived series of
Michael Shayne novels he wrote, and later commissioned others to write. Dresser wrote non-series mysteries, westerns and romances under the names
Asa Baker,
Matthew Blood,
Kathryn Culver,
Don Davis,
Hal Debrett,
Anthony Scott,
Peter Field, and
Anderson Wayne.