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[[File:Milton-k-ozaki.png|thumb|frameless|right|200px|Milton K. Ozaki AKA Robert O. Saber]]
Milton K. Ozaki (June 14, 1913 – November 7, 1989) was a Japanese American writer of pulp fiction mysteries. He also wrote under the name [[Robert O. Saber]].
 
Milton K. Ozaki (June 14, 1913 – November 7, 1989) was a Japanese American writer of pulp fiction mysteries. He also wrote under the name. Robert O. Saber.


==Life Story==
==Life Story==
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Ozaki was the author of approximately two dozen popular mid-20th century detective novels under both his given name and the pseudonym Robert O. Saber, and was one of the first American mystery writers of Japanese descent. His novels are set in the fictional, mid-sized southeastern-Wisconsin city of Stillwell, Wisconsin, which is actually a barely disguised Kenosha.
Ozaki was the author of approximately two dozen popular mid-20th century detective novels under both his given name and the pseudonym Robert O. Saber, and was one of the first American mystery writers of Japanese descent. His novels are set in the fictional, mid-sized southeastern-Wisconsin city of Stillwell, Wisconsin, which is actually a barely disguised Kenosha.


He started at the bottom of the publisher ladder at the time with Phantom and Handi-Books, moved to Graphic, then to Ace, and finally to Gold Medal.
He started at the bottom of the publisher ladder at the time with Phantom and Handi-Books, moved to Graphic, then to Ace, and finally to Gold Medal.  
 
He was a secretary of the Chicago Fiction Writers Club, and a member of the Authors League of America and the National Writers Club. Ozaki's novel "The Ram of Aries" was the cover story for the final issue of Mammoth Detective in 1947.
 
==Quotes from his Work==
 
'''From City of Sin (1952):'''
 
    Lee’s eyebrows did a startled rumba. 
    [She] went tripping ahead of us down the hall on her high heels, with her hips waving a saucy goodbye.
    Her mascaraed lashes came down over her green eyes and did a little dance, like long rows of black-stockinged legs doing the can-can.
    . . . the words spilling out of her mouth like pebbles from a torn bag.
    . . . her hot, fetid breath in my face and my chest rolling around on her bosom as though on gigantic ball bearings.
 
'''From Murder Doll (1952):'''


    [His heart] wasn’t beating – and his lungs were as still as a piece of cheese.
    I’ve been all around and busier than an ant in a bunch of grapes.
'''From The Affair of the Frigid Blonde (1950):'''
    “. . . he’s been as busy as an ant in a new pair of pants.”
    . . . his eyes became as cold and blue as a pair of frozen grapes.
    With a face like that, Frank Laughton had about as much chance of avoiding recognition as a one-legged midget on crutches.
'''From Maid for Murder (1955):'''
    Lisa Lincoln looked . . . as worn and haggard as a Sunday school picture of the wages of sin.
    She looked at me with eyes which were as uncommunicative as a pair of bottle caps.
'''From Never Say Die (1956):'''
    It was 7:30 in the p. m. and the sands of time were pouring out like little potatoes through a broken bag.
    . . . with the reckless abandon of a bank president wasting a paper clip.
    I touched his hand, then dropped it.  It was like clasping a handful of warm chitterlings.


==Novels==
==Novels==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Title  
! Title  
! Year
! Year  
! Published as
! Notes
! Notes
|-
|-
| The Cuckoo Clock
| The Cuckoo Clock
| 1946
| 1946
| Milton K. Ozaki
| Also published under the title "Too Many Women" (1947)
| Ziff-Davis, hc, Handi-Books #100, pb 1950, as Too Many Women. Featuring Professor Androcles Caldwell and Bendy Brinks, amateur sleuths, along with Lt. Phelan of the cops.
|-
|-
| A Fiend in Need
| A Fiend in Need
| 1947
| 1947
| Milton K. Ozaki
|  
| Ziff-Davis, hc, Handi-Books #116, pb, 1950.  Featuring Professor Androcles Caldwell and Bendy Brinks, amateur sleuths, along with Lt. Phelan of the cops.
|-
|-
| The Ram of Aries
| The Ram of Aries
| 1947
| 1947
| ???
|  
|  
|-
|-
| The Black Dark Murders
| The Black Dark Murders
| 1949
| 1949
| Robert O. Saber
| Also published under the title "Out Of The Dark" (1954)
| Handi-Books #96, pbo, 1949.  (PI’s Phil Keene and Hal Cooper) Ramble House, trade pb, 2004. Also published under the title "Out Of The Dark" (1954)
|-
|-
| The Affair of the Frigid Blonde
| The Affair of the Frigid Blonde
| 1950
| 1950
| Robert O. Saber
| Also published under the title "The Deadly Blonde" (1953)
| Handi-Books #108, 1950.  (PI Bob Stille) Also published under the title "The Deadly Blonde" (1953)
|-
| The Dove
| 1951
| Robert O. Saber
| Phantom #502, pbo, 1951.  (PI Carl Guard; Handi-Books #130, pbo, 1951. Pyramid #90, pb, 1953, as Chicago Woman.
|-
|-
| The Deadly Lover
| The Deadly Lover
| 1951
| 1951
| Robert O. Saber
|  
| Phantom #502, pbo, 1951.  (PI Carl Guard) 
|-
|-
| The Scented Flesh
| The Scented Flesh
| 1951
| 1951
| Robert O. Saber
|  
| Handi-Books #124, 1951. (PI Carl Guard)
|-
|-
| The Dummy Murder Case
| The Dummy Murder Case
| 1951
| 1951
| Milton K. Ozaki
|  
| Graphic #33, pbo, 1951. Featuring Professor Androcles Caldwell and Bendy Brinks, amateur sleuths, along with Lt. Phelan of the cops.
|-
|-
| The Dove
| The Dove
| 1951
| 1951
| Robert O. Saber
| Also published under the title "Chicago Woman" (1953)
| Also published under the title "Chicago Woman" (1953)
|-
|-
| No Way Out
| No Way Out
| 1952
| 1952
| Robert O. Saber
| Also published under the title "Borrowed Time" (1955)
| Phantom Books 512, 1952. Also published under the title "Borrowed Time" (1955)
|-
|-
| Murder Doll
| Murder Doll
| 1952
| 1952
| Robert O. Saber
|  
| Phantom Books 510, pbo, 1952.  (PI Carl Good) Berkley D2016, pb, November 1959, as by Milton K. Ozaki.
|-
|-
| The Deadly Pickup
| The Deadly Pickup
| 1953
| 1953
| Milton K. Ozaki
|  
| Graphic #57, pbo, 1952. Graphic #92, 2nd pr., 1954. Berkley D2038, pb, 1960.
|-
|-
| Murder Honeymoon
| Murder Honeymoon
| 1953
| 1953
| ???
|  
|  
|-
| Chicago Woman
| 1953
| Robert O. Saber
| Pyramid #90, 1953.  Reprint of The Dove.
|-
|-
| City of Sin
| City of Sin
| 1952
| 1952
| Robert O. Saber
|  
| Lancer Double 72-628, pb, 1962.  Original Novels #722, pbo, 1952.  (PI Pete Mallary) Carnival Books #922, pb, 1953. Lancer Double 72-628, pb, 1962, as by Milton K. Ozaki.
  Previously appeared as by Robert O. Saber. [Paired with DAY KEENE Joy House.]
|-
|-
| Dressed to Kill
| Dressed to Kill
| 1954
| 1954
| Milton K. Ozaki
|  
| Graphic #79, pbo, 1954. (PI Rusty Forbes) Graphic #141, 2nd pr., 1956. Berkley D2007, pb, 1959.
|-
|-
| Too Young to Die
| Too Young to Die
| 1954
| 1954
| Robert O. Saber
|  
| Graphic #90, 1954.  (PI Carl Good) Graphic #150, 2nd pr., 1957.
|-
|-
| Shake Hands With The Devil
| Shake Hands With The Devil
| 1954
| 1954
| ???
|  
|  
|-
|-
| Maid For Murder
| Maid For Murder
| 1955
| 1955
| Milton K. Ozaki
|  
| Ace Double D-135, pbo, 1955.   (PI Carl Guard) [Paired with JAMES HADLEY CHASE Dead Ringer.]
|-
|-
| A Dame Called Murder
| A Dame Called Murder
| 1955
| 1955
| Robert O. Saber
|  
| Graphic#111, pbo, 1955.  (PI Max Keene)
|-
|-
| Marked For Murder
| Marked For Murder
| 1955
| 1955
| ???
|  
|  
|-
|-
| Model for Murder
| Model for Murder
| 1955
| 1955
| ???
|  
|  
|-
|-
| Sucker Bait
| Sucker Bait
| 1955
| 1955
| Robert O. Saber
|  
| Graphic #99, 1955.  (PI Carl Good) Graphic #156, 2nd pr., 1957.
|-
|-
| Never Say Die
| Never Say Die
| 1956
| 1956
| Milton K. Ozaki
|  
| Ace Double D-167, pbo, 1956.   (PI Bob Wherry) [Paired with JOHN CREIGHTON Destroying Angel.]
|-
|-
| A Time For Murder
| A Time For Murder
| 1956
| 1956
| Robert O. Saber
|  
| Graphic #123, 1956.  (PI Max Keene)
|-
|-
| Case of the Deadly Kiss
| Case of the Deadly Kiss
| 1957
| 1957
| Milton K. Ozaki
|  
| Gold Medal #715, pbo, November 1957. Unibooks, pb, no date.
|-
|-
| The Case of the Cop's Wife
| The Case of the Cop's Wife
| 1958
| 1958
| Milton K. Ozaki
|  
| Gold Medal #795, pbo, August 1958.
|-
|-
| Wake Up and Scream
| Wake Up and Scream
| 1959
| 1959
| Milton K. Ozaki
|  
| Gold Medal #879, pbo, May 1959.
|-
|-
| Inquest
| Inquest
| 1960
| 1960
| Milton K. Ozaki
|  
| Gold Medal #981, pbo, May 1960.
|-
|-
| Too Cute To Kill
| Too Cute To Kill
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Milton K. Ozaki also designed a dice game, Murder Dice, which was similar to Yahtzee and was based on the events in a murder trial.
Milton K. Ozaki also designed a dice game, Murder Dice, which was similar to Yahtzee and was based on the events in a murder trial.


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