He was an excellent writer who seemed to be able to turn his hand to anything, but was known for crime/mystery, westerns, and a bit of horror.
My first exposure to his writing was through the Headline edition of Blood Red Moon, a pretty brutal crime novel, and the first in his excellent series about ex-FBI agent Robert Payne. I was a little ambivalent about Stephen King's recent foray into crime with his books about former detective Bill Hodges, and couldn't help but think that Gorman could have knocked the same material out of the park.
An obit with links to other articles displaying condolences and appreciation can be found here, at Todd Mason's blog.
A good overview of Ed Gorman's output can be found on his Wikipedia page.
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