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Portrait of Ed McBain Photo: Anders Hammarqvist / Sydsvenskan/IBL / TT (1997)

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McBain, Ed

Ed McBain is the best-known pen name for Evan Hunter, born Salvatore Alberto Lombino, a versatile and prolific American author best known for his detective thrillers. He officially changed his name in 1952 for marketing purposes. McBain was born in Italian Harlem, New York. When he was twelve he move with his parents, Charles and Marie Lombino, to Bronx where he attended elementary school and...

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Thompson, Arthur Leonard Bell

Francis Clifford is the pseudonym of Arthur Leonard Bell Thompson, a major British author of crime fiction and spy thrillers, according to some on par with Len Deighton and John le Carré. The reason he is less well known is that he was a shy man who would rather talk about his books than about himself. Thompson had, however, experienced some of the events he included in his books since he served ...

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