Evan Hunter
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Evan Hunter (born Salvatore Lombino on October 15, 1926 - he had his name legally changed in 1952) is a prolific American author and screenwriter. He has written hundreds of books and many screenplays both under his own name, and under a number of pseudonyms such as Ed McBain, Richard Marsten, Hunt Collins, Curt Cannon and Ezra Hannon.
Under the name of Evan Hunter he has written books such as The Blackboard Jungle, Come Winter, and Lizzie. He wrote the original screenplay of The Birds for Alfred Hitchcock.
As Ed McBain, one of his most famous pseudonyms, he has written the famous 87th Precinct crime novels as well as the Matthew Hope mysteries.
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Bibliography as Evan Hunter
Novels
- The Evil Sleep! (1952)
- Don't Crowd Me (1953)
- The Blackboard Jungle (1954)
- Second Ending (1956)
- Strangers When We Meet (1958)
- A Matter of Conviction (1959)
- Mothers And Daughters (1961)
- Buddwing (1964)
- The Paper Dragon (1966)
- A Horse's 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)
- The Chisholms: A Novel Of The Journey West (1976)
- Walk Proud (1979)
- Love, Dad (1981)
- Far From The Sea (1983)
- Lizzie (1984)
- Criminal Conversation (1994)
- Privileged Conversation (1996)
- The Moment She Was Gone (2002)
Short Stories
- The Jungle Kids (Short Stories) (1956)
- The Last Spin & Other Stories (1960)
- Happy New Year, Herbie (1963)
- The Easter Man (a Play) And Six Stories (1972)
- Seven(1972)
- The McBain Brief (Short Stories) (1982)
- The Best American Mystery Stories (2000)
- Barking at Butterflies & Other Stories (2000)
- Running from Legs(2000)
Plays
- The Easter Man (1964)
- The Conjuror (1969)
Screenplays
- Note: his novel "King's Ransom" was rendered as "High and Low" by Akira Kurosawa
- Strangers When We Meet (1960)
- The Birds (1963)
- Fuzz (1972)
- Walk Proud (1979)
Teleplays
- The Chisholms (1979)
- The Legend Of Walks Far Woman (1980)
- Dream West (1986)
Children's Books
- Find The Feathered Serpent (1952)
- The Remarkable Harry (1959)
- The Wonderful Button (1961)
- Me And Mr. Stenner (1976)
Autobigraphical
- Me & Hitch! (1997)
Bibliography as Ed McBain
Novels
- Death of a Nurse (1964)
- Originally published in 1964 as Murder in the Navy by Richard Martsen
The 87th Precinct Mysteries
- Cop Hater (1956)
- The Mugger (1956)
- The Pusher (1956)
- Cop Hater (1956)
- The Mugger (1956)
- The Pusher (1956)
- The Con Man (1957)
- Killer's Choice (1957)
- Killer's Payoff (1958)
- Lady Killer (1958)
- Killer's Wedge (1959)
- 'til Death (1959)
- King's Ransom (1959)
- Give the boys a great big hand (1960)
- The Heckler (1960)
- See Them Die (1960)
- Lady, Lady I did it (1961)
- The Empty Hours (1962)
- Like Love (1962)
- Ten Plus One (1963)
- Ax (1964)
- He Who Hesitates (1964)
- Doll (1965)
- 80 Million Eyes (1966)
- Fuzz (1968)
- Shotgun (1969)
- Jigsaw (1970)
- Hail, Hail the gang's all here (1971)
- Let's hear it for the deaf man (1972)
- Sadie when she died (1972)
- Hail to the Chief (1973)
- Bread (1974)
- Blood relatives (1975)
- So long as you both shall live (1976)
- Long time no see (1977)
- Calypso (1979)
- Ghosts (1980)
- Heat (1981)
- Ice (1983)
- Lightning (1984)
- Eight Black Horses (1985)
- Poison (1987)
- Tricks (1987)
- McBain's Ladies (Short Stories) (1988)
- Lullaby (1989)
- Vespers (1990)
- Widows (1991)
- McBain's Ladies, Too (Short Stories) (1992)
- Kiss (1992)
- Mischief (1993)
- And All Through the House (1994)
- Romance (1995)
- Nocturne (1997)
- The Big Bad City (1999)
- The Last Dance (2000)
- Money, Money, Money (2001)
- Fat Ollie's Book (2002)
- The Frumious Bandersnatch (2003)
- Hark! (2004)
The Matthew Hope Mysteries
- Goldilocks (1977)
- Rumpelstiltskin (1981)
- Beauty & The Beast (1982)
- Jack & The Beanstalk (1984)
- Snow White & Red Rose (1985)
- Cinderella (1986)
- Puss in Boots (1987)
- The House that Jack Built (1988)
- Three Blind Mice (1990)
- Mary, Mary (1992)
- There was a little girl (1994)
- Gladly the cross-eyed bear (1996)
- The Last Hope (1998)
Bibliography (Various)
as Curt Cannon
- Deadlier than the Mail (1953)
- Good Deal (1953)
- Dead Men Don't Scream (1958)
- The Death of Me (1958)
- Die Hard (1958)
- I'm Cannon - For Hire (1958)
- Now Die in It (1958)
- I Like 'Em Tough (Short Stories) (1958)
as Richard Marsten
- Danger: Dinosaurs! (1953)
- Rocket To Luna! (1953)
- Runaway Black! (1954)
- Murder in the Navy (1955)
- Republished in 1964 as Death of a Nurse by Ed McBain
- Vanishing Ladies! (1957)
- The Spiked Heel! (1957)
- Even The Wicked! (1958)
- Big Man! (1959)
as Hunt Collins
- Cut Me In (1954)
- Tomorrow's World (1956)
- Tomorrow And Tomorrow (1957)
- Sucker (1958)
as Ezra Hannon
- Doors (1975)
as John Abbott
- Scimitar (1992)
Complete Chronological Bibliography
- to be written