his first novel "walk the dark streets" (1949), was nominated for an edgar award and was adapted as an episode of the television series "studio one in hollywood". its main character, lieutenant sam birge, would also appear in "the stag party" (1957), "death of a minor poet" (1984) and "resort to murder" (1986). krasner's short fiction was published in "ellery queen's mystery magazine" and "yank, the army weekly." krasner’s novels and stories have been translated into french, italian, japanese, and, most extensively, german. a fifth sam birge novel, entitled "opfer einer razzia" (death the dancer)(1991) was published only in german. in 1956 he married juanita frazier of troy, mo, a methodist minister, and the couple had four sons. he moved to the philadelphia area in 1969.