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Frank Morrison Spillane (/ s p ɪ ˈ l eɪ n /; March 9, 1918 – July 17, 2006), better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American crime novelist, called the "king of pulp fiction". [2] His stories often feature his signature detective character, Mike Hammer .
Mickey Spillane, the king of the pulp novelists in the post-WW II period, sold an estimated 200 million copies globally. He was born Frank Morrison Spillane in Brooklyn, New York.
- March 9, 1918
- July 17, 2006
Mickey Spillane Biography. Born Frank Morrison Spillane, March 9, 1918, in Brooklyn, NY; died of pancreatic cancer, July 17, 2006, in Murrells Inlet, SC. Author. Mickey Spillane created the most hard-bitten of all the hard-boiled detectives in American crime fiction, Mike Hammer.
Mickey Spillane, the king of the pulp novelists in the post-WW II period, sold an estimated 200 million copies globally. He was born Frank Morrison Spillane in Brooklyn, New York.
- January 1, 1
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, USA
Michael J. Spillane (July 13, 1933 – May 13, 1977) was an Irish-American mobster who controlled Hell's Kitchen in New York in the 1960s and 1970s. Spillane, the so-called “Gentleman Gangster", [1] was a marked contrast to the violent Westies mob members who succeeded him in Hell's Kitchen.
Jul 13, 2024 · Mickey Spillane (born March 9, 1918, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died July 17, 2006, Murrells Inlet, S.C.) was an American writer of detective fiction, whose popular work is characterized by violence and sexual licentiousness.
Mike Hammer was the central crime fighter in a series of novels. Spillane wrote graphic novels about crime fighters. A circus was used as a setting in “The Girl Hunters”. A narcotics dealer was the nemesis of Mike Hammer in “Kiss Me Deadly”. Fawcett Gold Medal Books published Mickey Spillane’s novels.
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