Evan Hunter

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• born: 15/Oct/1926 (New York, New York, USA)
• died: 06/Jul/2005 (Weston, Connecticut, USA) - larynx cancer

[edit] Biography

Evan Hunter, born Salvatore Lombino, was a prolific American author and screenwriter. He wrote hundreds of books and many screenplays, both under his own name and under a number of pseudonyms such as Ed McBain, Richard Marsten, Hunt Collins, Curt Cannon and Ezra Hannon. The name "Evan Hunter" was derived from Evander Childs High School and Hunter College.

Under the name Evan Hunter, which he legally adopted in 1952, he wrote books such as "The Blackboard Jungle", "Come Winter", and "Lizzie". He wrote the original screenplay of "The Birds" for Alfred Hitchcock.

As Ed McBain, one of his most famous pseudonyms, he wrote the famous "87th Precinct" crime novels as well as the "Matthew Hope" mysteries.

Hunter died of cancer of the larynx in 2005 at the age of 78 in Weston, Connecticut.

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[edit] Filmography

With Hitchcock...

• The Birds (1963) - screenplay
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Number Twenty-Two (17/Feb/1957) - writer
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Vicious Circle (14/Apr/1957) - writer

Other works of note...

• Blackboard Jungle (1955) - original novel
• The Young Savages (1961) - original novel (A Matter of Conviction)
• Tengoku to jigoku (1963) - original novel (King's Ransom)
• Last Summer (1969) - original novel

[edit] Documentaries

He has appeared in the following Hitchcockian documentaries...

• Reputations: Alfred Hitchcock (1999)
• All About The Birds (2000)
• The Trouble with Marnie (2000)
• Living Famously - Alfred Hitchcock (2002)

[edit] Articles

• see articles about Evan Hunter

[edit] Links

• Internet Movie Database
• Wikipedia
• Official Ed McBain Site
• Wired Books - audio interview with Evan Hunter

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