Julius Fast's Biography(Books)(Photos)

Julius Fast (April 17, 1919 – december 16,
2008) was an American author of both fiction

Walk in Shadow. Rinehart & Company,
1947.

and non-fiction. In 1946 he was the first
recipient of the Edgar Award given by the

The Iron Cradle, Thomas Y. Crowell Co.,
1954.

Mystery Writers of America for the best first
novel of 1945.

A Model for Murder. Rinehart & Co.,
1956.

Fast was born in Manhattan, the younger

Street of Fear. Rinehart & Co., 1958.
Doctor Harry. (under the pseudonym Adam

Barnett), Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1958.
Blueprint for Life. St. Martin’s Press,

York University. He served in the United
States Army Medical Corps for three years,

1964.
What You Should Know About Human Sexual

serving in a blood lab in Boston. He edited
Out of This World, a 1944 collection of

Response., G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1966.
The Beatles: The Real Story. G.P.

science fiction stories while he was still in
the Army.

Putnam’s Sons, 1968.
Body Language. Simon & Schuster Adult

He married author Barbara Sher in 1946. They

Publishing Group, 1970. (isbn 0671673254)
The League of the Grey Eyed Women. J.B.

co-wrote the 1979 book Talking Between the
Lines: How We Mean More Than We Say. Their

Lippencott Co., 1970.
The Incompatibility of Men and Women and

three children are: Jennie Gelfand, Dr.
Melissa Morgan and Timothy Fast. In 1997,

how to Overcome it. M. Evans & Company,
1971.

Fast and his son co-authored The Legal Atlas
of the United States.

You and Your Feet. Pelham Books, 1971.
The New Sexual Fulfillment. Berkley

His first novel, Watchful at Night, written

Press, 1972.
Bisexual Living. M. Evans & Company,

in 1945 while he was still serving in the
Army, was given the first award presented at

1975. (isbn 0871311720)
The Pleasure Book. Stein & Day

the inaugural Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1946
for Best First Novel by an American Author in

Publishing, 1975. (isbn 0812818717)
The Body Language of Sex Power and

1945. Reviewer Isaac Anderson of The New York
Times described his 1947 novel Walk in Shadow

Aggression. M. Evans and Co., 1977.
Creative Coping : A Guide to Positive

as a "profoundly moving novel of crime and
punishment, telling the story of a

Living. (with Barbara Fast), Morrow, 1976.
(isbn 0688029930)

once-honest man who becomes a murderer.

Psyching Up: Over 50 Good Ideas for a
Slimmer, Sexier, Healthier You. Stein and

Fast wrote and edited for a number of medical
magazines, where his time employed at a

Day, 1978. (isbn 0812821548)
Weather Language. Wyden Books, 1979.

podiatry journal provided the background he
needed to write the 1970 book You and Your

(isbn 088326157x)
Talking Between the Lines: How We Mean

Feet. Other non-fiction works reflected a
broad range of subjects, including the 1968

More Than We Say. (with Barbara Fast) Viking
Press, 1979. (isbn 0670684503)

book The Beatles: The Real Story, The New
Sexual Fulfillment published in 1972 and his

Body Politics Tower Books. 1980,. (isbn
050551513x)

1979 book Weather Language. His 1988
semiautobiographical novel What Should We Do

Sexual Chemistry: What it Is, how to Use
it. M. Evans & Company, 1983. (isbn

About Davey? described a gawky teen at a
Catskill Mountains summer camp for boys.

0871314177)
The Omega-3 breakthrough. Body Press,

He wrote a number of books on request for

c1987. (isbn 0895866250)
Sexual Chemistry: What it Is, how to Use

publishers on subjects of current interest,
including writing What You Should Know About

it. M. Evans & Company, 1983. (isbn
0871314177)

Human Sexual Response in months after the
1966 publication of Human Sexual Response by

Ladies man: an autobiography. by Paul
Henreid with Julius Fast, St. Martin’s

Masters and Johnson.

Press, c1984, (isbn 0312463847)
What Should we do about Davey?. St.

Martin’s Press, 1988.
Subtext: Making Body Language Work in the

Out of This World. an anthology edited by
Julius Fast, Penguin Books, 1944.

Workplace. Viking Press, 1991. (isbn
0670832383)

Watchful at Night. Farrar & Rinehart,
inc., 1945.

The Legal Atlas of the United States.
Facts on File, 1997. (isbn 0816031282)

The Bright Face of Danger. Rinehart &
Co., 1946.

A Trunkful of Trouble. Gryphon Books,
2003. (isbn 1582500517)