Mickey Spillane
Mickey Spillane | |
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Spillane in the "Publish or Perish" episode of Columbo in 1974 | |
| Born | Frank Morrison Spillane March 9, 1918 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | July 17, 2006 (aged 88) Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, U.S. |
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| Period | 1947–2006 |
| Genre | Hardboiled crime fiction, detective fiction |
| Notable awards | Inkpot Award (1994) |
| Spouse | Mary Ann Pearce (1945-1963), Sherri Malinou (1965-1983), Jane Rogers Johnson (1983) |
Frank Morrison Spillane (/spɪˈleɪn/; 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. More than 225 million copies of his books have sold internationally. Spillane was also an occasional actor, once even playing Hammer himself in the 1965 film The Girl Hunters.