Along the Writing Path: Mini Author Profile: Tough Guy, Mickey Spillane

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Wednesday, March 9, 2005

Mini Author Profile: Tough Guy, Mickey Spillane

March 9 is the birthday of crime novelist Mickey Spillane, pen name of Frank Morrison, born in Brooklyn, NY (1918), one of my personal favorites. He was the only Irish boy in a tough Polish neighborhood, and grew up defending himself. His father worked in a hardware store, and there Spillane saw a... Sign in to see full entry.

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