# Authors With Formulaic Titles

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-with-formulaic-titles/264044>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 11, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-with-formulaic-titles/264044 "2004-09-11T16:02:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-with-formulaic-titles/264044/41 "2004-09-14T01:48:48Z")

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[QUOTE=BiblioCat]  
Oh, and as long as we’re expanding it to TV shows, _Seinfeld_ episodes are all simple one or two-word titles, starting with “The…” (The Contest, The Sponge, The Junior Mint, The Puffy Shirt, etc.)

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_Matlock_ worked the same way, with most of the titles being The \_\_\_\_\_\_, with the blank often being filled with the killer’s identity.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-with-formulaic-titles/264044/42 "2004-09-18T12:45:09Z")

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Carol Higgins Clark has written eight Regan Reilley mysteries whose titles are past tensed verbs: Burned, Decked, Fleeced, Iced Jinxed, Popped, Snagged and Twanged. I don’t know if she is going to do the alphabet.

Her mother’s two Xmas novels are “Silent Night” and “All Through the Night.” Carol & Mary have co-written “Deck The Halls” and “He Sees You When You’re Sleeping.”

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