Mickey spillane biography

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Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction

February 12,

Mickey Spillane was a complicated man. Known by many as the creator of the iconic and influential character Mike Hammer, he is known by others primarily for a lengthy series of Miller Lite beer commercials. He earned a reputation as an edgy, hard-living, man’s man and yet was known to friends and family as kind, considerate, and willing to give a stranger the shirt off his back. His sense of humor was as evident as his legendary hard-punching, revenge-oriented, justice-delivering hero Mike Hammer.

I grew up after Spillane’s zenith and really only knew him via his reputation. In fact, I came to this biography not because of any great desire to learn about him and his work, (although I felt that would be interesting) but rather because I am a big fan of co-author Max Allan Collins (MAC) and his large body of work. I knew MAC had completed many of Spillane’s novels and stories after Spillane’s passing, a huge undertaking based on Spillane’s partially completed manuscripts, outlines, notes, interviews, and verbal knowledge passing.

Reading this biography was a real eye-opening experience. I confess to having only sampled the first three Hammer novels and one non-Hammer title so far but after completing this volume, I now have a desire

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A writer, pure and simple

(This obituary first appeared in The Star-Ledger of Newark, July 18, )

The roar of the shook the room. Charlotte staggered back a step. Her eyes were a symphony of incredulity, an unbelieving witness to truth. Slowly, she looked down at the ugly swelling in her naked belly where the bullet went in.

"How could you?" she gasped.

I had only a moment before talking to a corpse, but I got it in.

"It was easy," I said.

With that final paragraph from his first novel, 's "I, the Jury," Mickey Spillane made his bones.

Spillane's books - with their then-startling mix of sex, sadism and gunplay - redefined the detective story for the post-World War II generation, and made him one of the top-selling American authors of all time. Most of his more than two dozen novels featured his harder-than-hard-boiled detective Mike Hammer, who battled, gangsters, goons and Communists with equal ferocity, often aided by his adoring secretary, Velda.

Spillane, 88, died yesterday at home in Murrells Inlet, S.C., a small coastal community where he'd lived since the s. The cause of death was not immediately known.

"I'm not an author, I'm a writer, that's all I am," Spillane said in a interview. "Authors want their names down in hi

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Mickey Spillane

American lawlessness novelist (–)

For the criminal, see Mickey Spillane (mobster).

Mickey Spillane
Spillane importance the "Publish or Perish" episode refreshing Columbo intrude
Born	Frank Author Spillane ()March 9, Brooklyn, In mint condition York Power, U.S.
Died	July 17, () (aged&#;88) Murrells Inlet, Southern Carolina, U.S.
Occupation
Period	–
Genre	Hardboiledcrime fiction, policeman fiction
Notable awards	Inkpot Award ()^[1]
Spouse	Mary Ann Pearce (), Sherri Malinou (), Jane Actress Johnson ()

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Early life

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