Evan hunter, whose original name was Salvatore albert lombino and published under the pseudonyms Ed McBain, Curt Cannon, Ezra Hannon, Hunt Collins and Richard Marsten, was born on October 15, 1926 in New York, New York, USA. This prolific writer of best-selling fiction published numerous books of which more than 50 are crime stories written under the pseudonym Ed mcbain for which he was best known.
Hunter He graduated from Hunter College (1950) and had several short jobs, including playing the piano in a jazz band and teaching in vocational high schools, while writing his early stories. His best known novel is among his earliest: The Blackboard Jungle (1954), a story of violence in a New York high school that was the basis for a popular movie (1955).
Hunter wrote several novels on the subject of family tensions between generations, including Mothers and daughters (1961), Last summer (1968; filmed in 1969), Children (1969) and Streets of gold (1974).
Hunter he was very prolific as a detective novelist. Most of his McBain books are crime procedural novels set in the 87th district of a city much like New York. Include Cop hater (1956; filmed in 1958), Fuzz (1968; filmed 1972), Widows (1991) and Mischief (1993). His 50th novel in the 87th Precinct series, The last dance, was published in 1999.
Hunter he also wrote children’s stories and plays. His later works include Criminal Conversation (1994), Privileged Conversation (1996) and Me and hitch (1997).