I missed this when it happened, but just saw a notice of it. On July 6 Evan Hunter died from cancer. Evan Hunter is better known as the writer Ed McBain. As McBain he wrote the 87th Precinct novels. He published the first one in 1956, Cophater. He all but created the police procedural. He also published novels under the Evan Hunter name (his real name which he changed from Salvatore Lombino), Mothers and Daughters; Sons; Love, Dad; and many others. He wrote screenplays such as The Blackboard Jungle and The Birds. There were over 54 novels in the 87th Precinct novels, a new one is coming out this September. He was writing to the end.
As Ed McBain he was one of my favorite writers. He used a rotating cast of characters throughout the 87th Precinct novels. Besides making you belive in what was going on his characters took on a life of their own. I'm going to miss reading his books.
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