Evan Hunter
American author and screenwriter (1926-2005) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 78
Evan Hunter was an American author of crime and mystery fiction. He is best known as the author of the 87th Precinct novels, published under the pen name Ed McBain, which are considered staples of the police procedural genre.
Evan Hunter is read about 306 times a day, in 35 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 111 days, one point a day.
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2005Died6 July 20051998Cartier Diamond DaggerAward1997Riverton International Honour PrizeAward1986The Grand MasterAward1926Born15 October 1926
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T. H. White Influenced Evan
William Berke Directed Cop Hater and The Mugger
Alfred Hitchcock Directed The Birds (1963)
Akira Kurosawa Directed High and Low (1963)
Raquel Welch Also in Fuzz and The Legend of Walks Far Woman
John Frankenheimer Directed The Young Savages (1961)
Richard Brooks Directed Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Delbert Mann Directed Mister Buddwing (1966)
Yves Robert Evan wrote Cry of the Cormoran (1971)
Joe Mantell Also in The Birds and Mister Buddwing
Richard Quine Directed Strangers When We Meet (1960)
Paul Meurisse Evan wrote Cry of the Cormoran (1971)
Philippe Labro Directed Without Apparent Motive (1971)
Tomoyuki Tanaka Produced High and Low (1963)
Bruce Paltrow Directed Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning (1995)
Marion Game Evan wrote Cry of the Cormoran (1971)- Dale Wasserman Produced Mister Buddwing (1966)
Jacques Hilling Evan wrote Cry of the Cormoran (1971)
Jun Tazaki Directed High and Low (1963)
Carlos Evan wrote Cry of the Cormoran (1971)- Gene Milford Directed The Pusher (1960)
- Martin Ransohoff Produced Fuzz (1972)
Ryūzō Kikushima Produced High and Low (1963)- Richard A. Colla Directed Fuzz (1972)
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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2005 · aged 78
