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Frank Morrison Spillane (/ s p ɪ ˈ l eɪ n /; March 9, 1918 – July 17, 2006), better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American crime novelist, called the "king of pulp fiction". His stories often feature his signature detective character, Mike Hammer .
Michael J. Spillane (July 13, 1933 – May 13, 1977) was an Irish-American mobster who controlled Hell's Kitchen in New York in the 1960s and 1970s. Spillane, the so-called “Gentleman Gangster", [1] was a marked contrast to the violent Westies mob members who succeeded him in Hell's Kitchen.
Mickey Spillane (born March 9, 1918, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died July 17, 2006, Murrells Inlet, S.C.) was an American writer of detective fiction, whose popular work is characterized by violence and sexual licentiousness.
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At one point in time, he was known as the only PI genre writer and the “King of Pulp Fiction”. Book Series In Order » Authors » Mickey Spillane. Complete order of Mickey Spillane books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
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- July 17, 2006
- March 9, 1918
- I, the Jury (Mike Hammer, #1)
- The Mike Hammer Collection, Volume 1: I,the Jury / My Gun is Quick / Vengeance is Mine! by Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins (Goodreads Author) (Introduction)
- Kiss Me, Deadly (Mike Hammer #6)
- My Gun Is Quick (Mike Hammer #2)
Learn about the life and career of Mickey Spillane, the king of the pulp novelists in the post-WW II period, who sold 200 million copies globally. Find out how he created the hard-boiled P.I. genre with gory violence and sex, and how he was reviled by critics and praised by fans.
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (later titled The New Mike Hammer), with Stacy Keach in the title role, is an American crime drama television series that originally aired on CBS from January 28, 1984, to May 13, 1987.
