Evan Hunter

Ed McBain

Born October 15, 1926· New York City, New York, USA

† Died July 6, 2005

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A native New Yorker who first studied art at Cooper Union, served in the Navy during World War II, and later earned an English-psychology degree from Hunter College (Phi Beta Kappa, 1950), began publishing short stories under his birth name before adopting Evan Hunter legally in 1952. He gained early fame with the novel The Blackboard Jungle, which was turned into a successful 1955 film, and suppl… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources