Mickey Spillane Biography

Mickey Spillane biography

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NAME: Mickey Spillane
OCCUPATION: Author
BIRTH DATE: March 09, 1918
DEATH DATE: July 17, 2006
PLACE OF BIRTH: Brooklyn, New York
PLACE OF DEATH: Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
Originally: Frank Morrison Spillane

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Mickey Spillane was an American writer of mysteries and pulp fiction. His most famous creation was hard-boiled detective, Mike Hammer.

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Mickey Spillane was born on March 9, 1918 in Brooklyn. He was a writer of pulp detective fiction whose first novel, I, The Jury, introduced the character Mike Hammer. Hammer appeared in a series of mystery novels and film adaptations (most notably Kiss Me, Deadly). Spillane claimed to write solely for money and his books--highly sexualized and sadistic--were huge popular hits. He died in 2006.

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