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Under the name Nicholas Seare, Trevanian also published 1339...or So: Being an Apology for a Pedlar (1975), a witty medieval tale of love and courage; and Rude Tales and Glorious (1983), a bawdy retelling of Arthurian tales.

Trevanian wrote successfully in several genres. In a 1998 interview with Newsweek, he said that with each new book, he first decided what author should tell the story. He used method-acting techniques to imagine himself as the author to work into the story he wanted to tell. Trevanian fans followed his style changes with delight.

In 1983, he published The Summer of Katya, a psychological horror novel. The wide diversity of genres led to a popular theory that "Trevanian" was a collective pen name for a group of writers working together.

1 The Eiger Sanction (1972) 2 The Loo Sanction (1973) 3 The Main (1976) 4 Shibumi (1979) 5 The Summer of Katya (1983) 6 Incident at Twenty-Mile (1998) 7 Hot Night in the City (2000) 8 The Crazyladies of Pearl Street (2005)