Hal Bennett, born George Harold Bennett (1936 – 2004), was an author known for a variety of books. His most famous novel is probably Lord of Dark Places, which has recently been reprinted. He has won the 1973 William Faulkner Award, as well as Playboy's most promising writer of the year http://www.turtlepoint.com/catalogue/bennett-lordofdarkplaces.html. He has also written under the pen names Harriet Janeway and John D. Revere (the Assassin series). His books are sometimes compared to Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...

's style of satire, but contain a much stronger sexual tone.

Selected bibliography

• The Mexico City Poems and House on Hay (Chicago: Obsidian Press, 1961)
• A Wilderness of Vines
  A Wilderness of Vines
  A Wilderness of Vines is a novel by Hal Bennett.Despite its overtly romantic cover, the novel is a serious satirical novel about post-slavery life in the South:...
  
   (Garden City: Doubleday, 1966)
• The Black Wine (Garden City: Doubleday, 1968)
• Lord of Dark Places
  Lord of Dark Places
  Lord of Dark Places is a novel by Hal Bennett. It deals with the events surrounding a black man from the south who moves to the north.Its prose style consists of a mixture of social analysis and phallic prose:...
  
   (New York: Norton, 1970) (ISBN 1885983123) (ISBN 9781885983121)
• Wait Until the Evening
  Wait Until the Evening
  Wait Until The Evening is a novel by Hal Bennett published in 1974. It was the follow-up to his award winning novel Lord of Dark Places....
  
   (Garden City: Doubleday, 1974) (ISBN 0385010222) (ISBN 9780385010221)
• Seventh Heaven (Garden City: Doubleday, 1976) (ISBN 0385066597) (ISBN 9780385066594)
• Insanity Runs In Our Family: Short Stories (Garden City: Doubleday, 1977)(ISBN 0385066643) (ISBN 9780385066648)

as John D. Revere

• Justin Perry : The Assassin
• The Assassin 2 : Vatican Kill
• The Assassin 3 : Born To Kill
• The Assassin 4: Death's Running Mate
• The Assassin 5: Stud Service