Frank Morrison Spillane, better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American author of crime novels. He was known for the series of novels featuring his signature detective character, Mike Hammer, among other works. More than 225 million copies of his books have sold around the globe. By 1980, Spillane was responsible for seven of the top 15 all-time bestselling fiction titles in America. Born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey, … Wikipedia
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The best part about interviewing Mickey Spillane is the fun he appears to be having...I likened it to a cowboy trying to saddle a wily old mustang that refuses to be broken and knows all the cowboy tricks. www.crimetime.co.uk/interviews/mickeyspillane.php
Spillane is best-known for his private detective Mike Hammer, who appeared in his first published book I, THE JURY (1947). www.kirjasto.sci.fi/spillane.htm
Spillane became something of a media star himself himself, playing the part of Hammer in the 1963 film version of The Girl Hunters and appearing as a spokesman for Miller Lite beer TV ad for almost two decades. www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/spillane.html
By the time Kiss Me, Deadly came out AB seemed to be a man wearied & beaten: Comes almost as a relief after the interim flood of Spillane imitators. www.cosmoetica.com/B61-DES29.htm