Introduction -- The person and person and writer up close -- Godless -- Eden West -- Mr. Was -- The Klaatu Diskos trilogy -- Hole in the sky and Rash -- The gambling books: Stone cold/No limit/Feeling lucky, all-in; and Full house -- Realistic contemporary fiction: Sweetblood; Invisible; How to steal a car; Blank confession -- Romances: The big crunch and What boys really want -- Conclusion.