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  • Bibliography:
    32 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1979
  • Latest Book:
    September 2019
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Book List in Order: 32 titles




  • Professor Bullfinch has created a machine for the government which will shrink objects and be used for spying. When Danny sneaks into the lab, he and his friends discover the machine and try to use it for a problem they have been dealing with at scho...





  • Another accident in Professor Bulfinch's laboratory, brought on by Danny, results in the creation of a transparent, resilient material. The material proves useful in creating a bathysphere, and Professor Bulfinch, along with his friend Dr. Grimes, Da...




  • Professor Bullfinch has created a radio telescope ("dish") for the government which will try to determine if extraterrestrials are trying to contact Earth. When Danny sneaks into the observatory, he hears non-random sounds coming from space. He then ...



  • "I challenge you to a duel of desert islands!" Dr. Grimes cries, when Professor Bulfinch accuses him of not being practical. Grimes plans to go ashore on an uninhabited desert island, and the Professor on another. After a month they will see who has ...







  • Professor Bullfinch develops the House of the Future in which all controls are automatic, and plans to debut it at an upcoming Science Fair. This includes temperature controls and other standard functions, but also items such as washing machines, foo...



  • Danny uses a computer that Professor Bulfinch has created for NASA to prepare his homework, despite Professor Bullfinch's warning that Danny is to leave the machine alone. With his friend Joe Pearson and his new neighbor, Irene Miller, Danny has some...



  • Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like is Jay Williams' book about a dragon's mission to save a believer.Because of the road sweeper's belief in him, a dragon saves the city of Wu from the Wild Horsemen of the north. With vibrant illustrations from ...



  • Princess Petronella challenges the mysterious enchanter Albion for a prince's freedom. She attempts a daring escape--but is she rescuing the right man? A modern fantasy classic, full of wit and surpise, with an admirable herione and spectacular new i...



  • Soul for Sale is the compelling and hugely entertaining story of Creative Director Terry Wilson and his colleagues at Cracknell, Burroughs & Partners - an award-winning, pressure-cooker of an agency filled with high-maintenance creative talent, high-...



  • In TAX BREAK, Lt. Neil Kenny, a career climbing, idealistic cop attempts to capture the man who planted a bomb in the IRS facility in Austin. That man is Jim Greenwald, a former Green Beret, who executed a few clandestine missions for the CIA after ...



  • They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so this collection of over 200 nudist photographs should be equivalent to a door-stopper book!Nudist / naturist / FKK. Call it what you will, it's all about life without clothes.We're all born naked. We a...











  • A ruthless, crazed serial killer terrorizes North Carolina. He’s not killing teenagers with a grotesque butcher knife, but instead shooting down unarmed, helpless small planes over the blue Carolina skies while flying a replica of the "Red Baron's"...



  • Want a humorous book to read on that next cross-country flight or bus ride across town? Then buy SEX and the AMERICAN MALE for a funny, satirical look at American Culture. Read this amusing, fast-paced book about a man who looks a little too closely...



  • There are many nice things about being a king. But there is one very bad thing. It's hard to find a job if you're out of work. All that a king can do is rule, and if you have no kingdom then you are out of work. That's what happened to young King Zar...



  • Escape into the dream world of Hollywood and watch as the noted gossip columnist, Bart Bremmer, lashes out at the elite of Tinsel Town in article after article filled with biting gossip meant to bring the stars back to Earth. Bart is a walking con...



  • Princess Bedelia was as lovely as the moon shining upon a lake, as graceful as a leaping cat, and she was also extremely practical. When a dragon moved into her neighborhood demanding a princess to devour, Bedelia's practicality and self-preservation...



  • AIDS activists resort to terrorism in the action-packed mystery SOULS ON FIRE. In Austin, Texas, circa 1985, terrorists attack a bank and slaughter innocent civilians while stealing cash. Their motivation for this and later assaults is not devotion...



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    Professor Bullfinch and Doctor Grimes take Danny and his friends to the beginning of the Nile River in Africa to investigate local legends of a swamp monster. Despite unforeseen calamities, a new, rare species of electric catfish is discovered....




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Award-Winning Books by Jay Williams

Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor
1963 Young Reader's Choice Award -- Children's
Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like
1976 Irma S. & James H. Black Award -- Children's Literature


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jay Williams has published 32 books.

Jay Williams does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Souls on Fire, was published in September 2019.

The first book by Jay Williams, Danny Dunn Voice from Space, was published in January 1979.

No. Jay Williams does not write books in series.