Ghosts an 87 precinct novel
Main Author: | McBain, Ed, 1926-2005 |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Viking Press,
1980.
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Physical Description: |
212 p. ; 23 cm. |
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ISBN: |
0670338060 |
Author Notes: |
He was a prolific writer who also wrote under the names of Ed McBain, Curt Cannon, Hunt Collins, Ezra Hannon, and Richard Marsten. His first major success came in 1954 with the publication of The Blackboard Jungle, which was later adapted as a film. He published the first three books in the 87th Precinct series in 1956 under the name of Ed McBain. He also wrote juvenile books, plays, television scripts, and stories and articles for magazines. He won the Mystery Writers of America Award in 1957 and the Grand Master Award in 1986 for lifetime achievement. He died of laryngeal cancer on July 6, 2005 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) |