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, U.S. |
| Died | July 17, 2006 (aged 88) |
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| Spouse(s) | Mary Ann Pearce (1945–1963), Sherri Malinou (1965–1983), Jane Rogers Johnson (1983) |
| Writing career | |
| Period | 1947–2006 |
| Genres | Hardboiled crime fiction, detective fiction |
| Notable awards | Inkpot Award (1994) |
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". He was best known for stories featuring his signature detective character, Mike Hammer.
Spillane's total sales rank him among the most successful fiction authors of the modern era, with industry estimates exceeding 200 million copies of his 26 books sold. Spillane was also an occasional actor, once even playing Hammer himself in the 1963 film The Girl Hunters.