Evan Hunter

Evan Hunter (aka Ed McBain)

http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/au-mcbain-ed.asp

Who is he? http://www.evanhunter.com/

His Pseudonyms • Curt Cannon • Ezra Hannon • Hunt Collins

•John Abbot •Richard Marsten •Ed McBain

http://www.lizzieandrewborden.com/InterviewEvanHunter.htm

Evan Hunter

He wrote the screen play for Alfred Hitchcock’s,

The Birds

The Alfred Hitchcock Connection

• His screenplay takes from someone else’s idea about birds attacking people. • Hitchcock, according to Hunter, did not give much credit to his writers.

The “Hill Street Blues” Connection th 87

The Precinct Books were used to create the TV drama, Hill Street Blues; however, creators did not give credit. (http://www.crimetime.co.uk/interviews/edmcbain.html)

The Rock n’ Roll Connection

Hunter’s novel, The Blackboard Jungle, was made into a movie which made Bill Haley's “Rock Around the Clock” popular.

Interesting Tidbit On page 176 of the June 1955 edition of the Ladies Home Journal is Evan Hunter’s short story, “The Fallen Angel.”