Evan Hunter
(Salvatore A Lombino)
(1926 - 2005)aka John Abbott, Curt Cannon, Hunt Collins, Ezra Hannon, Ed McBain, Richard Marsten
Evan Hunterdebuted in 1954 with The Blackboard Jungle a bestseller in both hardback and paperback. He has since established himself as one of the foremost explorers of the American psyche. Eight of his ten books have been made into motion pictures or television mini series. He also penned the screenplay for THE BIRDS.
Evan Hunter died Wednesday, July 6th 2005, at his home in Weston, Conn. He was diagnosed with throat cancer three years earlier and also had had three heart attacks and triple-bypass surgery. He was 78.
Novels
Don't Crowd Me (1952)
aka Paradise Party
The Evil Sleep (1952)
Find the Feathered Serpent (1952)
Rocket to Luna (1952) (as by Richard Marsten)
The Blackboard Jungle (1953)
Danger: Dinosaurs! (1953) (as by Richard Marsten)
Runaway Black (1954) (as by Richard Marsten)
aka Runaway
Murder in the Navy (1955) (as by Richard Marsten)
Second Ending (1956)
So Nude, So Dead (1956) (as by Richard Marsten)
Tomorrow's World (1956) (as by Hunt Collins)
The Spiked Heel (1957) (as by Richard Marsten)
Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1957) (as by Hunt Collins)
Vanishing Ladies (1957) (as by Richard Marsten)
Even the Wicked (1958) (as by Richard Marsten)
I'm Cannon - for Hire (1958) (as by Curt Cannon)
Strangers When We Meet (1958)
Sucker (1958) (as by Hunt Collins)
Big Man (1959) (as by Richard Marsten)
A Matter of Conviction (1959)
The Remarkable Harry (1959)
Buddwing (1961)
Mothers and Daughters (1961)
The Wonderful Button (1961)
The Paper Dragon (1966)
A Horses Head (1967)
Last Summer (1968)
Sons (1969)
Nobody Knew They Were There (1971)
Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972)
Come Winter (1973)
Streets of Gold (1974)
Doors (1975) (as by Ezra Hannon)
The Chisholms (1976)
Me and Mr. Stenner (1976)
Love Dad (1981)
Far from the Sea (1982)
Lizzie (1984)
Scimitar (1992) (as by John Abbott)
Criminal Conversation (1994)
Privileged Conversation (1996)
Candyland (2001)
The Moment She Was Gone (2002)
aka Paradise Party
The Evil Sleep (1952)
Find the Feathered Serpent (1952)
Rocket to Luna (1952) (as by Richard Marsten)
The Blackboard Jungle (1953)
Danger: Dinosaurs! (1953) (as by Richard Marsten)
Runaway Black (1954) (as by Richard Marsten)
aka Runaway
Murder in the Navy (1955) (as by Richard Marsten)
Second Ending (1956)
So Nude, So Dead (1956) (as by Richard Marsten)
Tomorrow's World (1956) (as by Hunt Collins)
The Spiked Heel (1957) (as by Richard Marsten)
Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1957) (as by Hunt Collins)
Vanishing Ladies (1957) (as by Richard Marsten)
Even the Wicked (1958) (as by Richard Marsten)
I'm Cannon - for Hire (1958) (as by Curt Cannon)
Strangers When We Meet (1958)
Sucker (1958) (as by Hunt Collins)
Big Man (1959) (as by Richard Marsten)
A Matter of Conviction (1959)
The Remarkable Harry (1959)
Buddwing (1961)
Mothers and Daughters (1961)
The Wonderful Button (1961)
The Paper Dragon (1966)
A Horses Head (1967)
Last Summer (1968)
Sons (1969)
Nobody Knew They Were There (1971)
Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972)
Come Winter (1973)
Streets of Gold (1974)
Doors (1975) (as by Ezra Hannon)
The Chisholms (1976)
Me and Mr. Stenner (1976)
Love Dad (1981)
Far from the Sea (1982)
Lizzie (1984)
Scimitar (1992) (as by John Abbott)
Criminal Conversation (1994)
Privileged Conversation (1996)
Candyland (2001)
The Moment She Was Gone (2002)
Collections
I Like 'em Tough (1958) (as by Curt Cannon) (with Ed McBain)
The Last Spin (1960)
Happy Easter, Herbie (1963)
Happy New Year, Herbie (1963)
The Easter Man (1972)
Tales of Obsession (1994) (with Joan Hess, Patricia Highsmith, P D James, Cynthia Manson, Nancy Pickard, Ruth Rendell and Lawrence Treat)
Barking at Butterflies (2000)
Origins (2005)
The Last Spin (1960)
Happy Easter, Herbie (1963)
Happy New Year, Herbie (1963)
The Easter Man (1972)
Tales of Obsession (1994) (with Joan Hess, Patricia Highsmith, P D James, Cynthia Manson, Nancy Pickard, Ruth Rendell and Lawrence Treat)
Barking at Butterflies (2000)
Origins (2005)
Non fiction
Anthologies containing stories by Evan Hunter
The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology (1965)
Tales of Unknown Horror (1974)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
Knights of Madness (1998)
Vintage Science Fiction (1999)
Tales of Unknown Horror (1974)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
Knights of Madness (1998)
Vintage Science Fiction (1999)
Short stories
| What Price Venus? (1953) | |||
| Dream Damsel (1954) | |||
| The Scarlet King (1954) |
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