AKA Frank Morrison Spillane

Born: 9-Mar-1918
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY
Died: 17-Jul-2006
Location of death: Murrells Inlet, SC
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Cremated (ashes scattered)

Gender: Male
Religion: Jehovah's Witness
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Mike Hammer novels

Military service: USAF

Father: John Joseph Spillane (bartender)
Mother: Catherine Anne Spillane
Wife: Mary Ann Pearce (m. 1945, div. 1962, two daughters, two sons)
Daughter: Kathy
Son: Ward
Son: Michael
Daughter: Caroline
Wife: Sherri Malinou ("Selma", m. Nov-1965, div. 1983)
Wife: Jane Rodgers Johnson (m. Oct-1983)

    High School: Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, NY (1936)
    University: Kansas State Teachers College

    Endorsement of Miller Brewing Company
    Edgar Allan Poe Award Grand Master (1995)
    Converted to Jehovah's Witness 1952
    Risk Factors: Arthritis

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Mommy (28-Nov-1995)
    The Girl Hunters (12-Jun-1963)
    Ring of Fear (24-Jul-1954) · Himself

Author of books:
I, the Jury (1947, novel, Mike Hammer)
My Gun Is Quick (1950, novel, Mike Hammer)
Vengeance Is Mine (1950, novel, Mike Hammer)
The Long Wait (1951, novel)
One Lonely Night (1951, novel, Mike Hammer)
The Big Kill (1951, novel, Mike Hammer)
Kiss Me, Deadly (1952, novel, Mike Hammer)
The Deep (1961, novel)
The Girl Hunters (1962, novel, Mike Hammer)
The Snake (1964, novel, Mike Hammer)
The Day of the Guns (1964, novel)
Bloody Sunrise (1965, novel)
The Death Dealers (1965, novel)
The Twisted Thing (1966, novel, Mike Hammer)
The By-Pass Control (1967, novel)
The Body Lovers (1967, novel, Mike Hammer)
The Delta Factor (1968, novel)
Survival... Zero (1970, novel, Mike Hammer)
The Erection Set (1972, novel)
Last Cop Out (1973, novel)
The Day the Sea Rolled Back (1979, novel)
The Ship That Never Was (1982, novel)
The Killing Man (1989, novel, Mike Hammer)
Black Alley (1996, novel, Mike Hammer)
Something's Down There (2003, novel)

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