William Ard
1 book
Biography
William (Thomas) Ard was an American writer of detective novels and westerns.
While he went by many names, he is essentially a man of two faces.
Ard was the creator of hard-hitting detective **Timothy Dane** of New York and an even harder living and loving detective, **Lou Largo**, of Florida.
Under the pseudonym of Jonas Ward, Ard gave birth to the friendly and deadly western drifter **Tom Buchanan**.
When Ard died, so did Dane. Largo lived on in a couple more books written by a ghost writers, one of whom who went on to become very famous in his own right.
While he went by many names, he is essentially a man of two faces.
Ard was the creator of hard-hitting detective **Timothy Dane** of New York and an even harder living and loving detective, **Lou Largo**, of Florida.
Under the pseudonym of Jonas Ward, Ard gave birth to the friendly and deadly western drifter **Tom Buchanan**.
When Ard died, so did Dane. Largo lived on in a couple more books written by a ghost writers, one of whom who went on to become very famous in his own right.
