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Uhnak, Dorothy
Dorothy Uhnak was an American detective and creator of police procedural fiction. She was born Dorothy Goldstein in the Bronx, New York, where she lived all her life. Her father was a projectionist who occasionally cooperated with the police when they needed to consult a movie expert. His daughter became fascinated with police procedure and soon became a fixture at the local precinct where she...
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Treat, Lawrence
Lawrence Treat was an American lawyer and author who started a trend in police procedural crime fiction that was later exploited by, among others, Ed McBain. Treat was born Lawrence Arthur Goldstone (he formally changed his name in 1940) in New York and graduated from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, in 1924. He then attended Columbia University, New York, where he graduated with a degree in...