Author: Ed McBain
Alternate names: Salvatore Albert Lombino; Evan Hunter
Born: 15 October 1926
Died: 06 July 2005
Bio: Evan Hunter (born Salvatore Albert Lombino) was an American author of crime and mystery fiction. He is best known as the author of 87th Precinct novels, published under the pen name Ed McBain, which are considered staples of police procedural genre.