death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date genre image article_title birth_name occupation
27 october 1977 university park , maryland , united states annapolis , maryland , united states american 1 july 1892 crime james m. cain.jpg james m. cain
 james mallahan cain novelist , journalist
james m. cain

james mallahan cain -lrb- july 1 , 1892 -- october 27 , 1977 -rrb- was an american author and journalist .
although cain himself vehemently opposed labeling , he is usually associated with the hardboiled school of american crime fiction and seen as one of the creators of the `` roman noir '' .
several of his crime novels inspired highly successful movies .
