Author George F. Krull (1911-1963) utilized the pseudonym Dean Evans to author shorts for the pulps from 1948 through 1954. During his shor...

The Doctor Death pulp character has a rather strange history. The first incarnation was in the pages of All Detective Magazine where the ...

There is already a lot that can be said about Howard Hunt . He was both a WW2 veteran, a spy , a Hollywood screenwriter, war correspondent,...

The first thing to know about Jack Pearl is that the name is a pseudonym of Jacques Bain Pearl. Pearl was born in Richmond Hill, New York i...

The character of Nick Carter (or Nicholas Carter) was created by Ormond G. Smith and John R. Coryell in 1886. Smith was heir to the New Yor...

Paperback Confidential by Brian Ritt is my favorite reference book about vintage crime-fiction. In browsing the book (published by our good...

Clifton Adams was a wine connoisseur that loved jazz music and Oklahoma history. He also wrote a bunch of violent, gritty novels about hero...

Author Edward S. Aarons is mostly associated with his long-running and successful series Assignment , starring a CIA agent named Sam Durell...

Lionel White (1905-1985) wrote a lot of heist and caper books for Fawcett Gold Medal and other paperback houses beginning in 1953. He was a...

Orrie Hitt (1916-1975) was a suburban family man in upper New York who was quietly one of the most successful creators of sleaze paperbacks...