Michael Avallone
prolific American author
Michael Angelo Avallone (October 27, 1924 – February 26, 1999) was an American author of mystery and secret agent fiction and novelizations of television programs and films. His lifetime creative output consists of over 223 written works (although he boasted over 1,000), published under his own name and seventeen pseudonyms.
Biography
The son of Michael Angelo Avallone Sr, Avallone was born in New York City on (1924-10-27)October 27, 1924 and died in Los Angeles on (1999-02-26)February 26, 1999. He was married in 1949 to Lucille Asero; they had one son before the marriage was dissolved. In 1960 he married Fran Weinstein, and together they had one son and one daughter. In addition to his writing, Avallone was a guest lecturer at New York University, Columbia University, and Rutgers University.
Works
His first novel, The Tall Dolores, published in 1953, introduced Ed Noon, P.I. The most recent installment, Since Noon Yesterday, was published in 1989. The final volume, The Ninth of Never, was never published.
Avallone was prolific at writing movie and TV tie-ins, numbering more than two dozen, beginning with 1963's The Main Attraction. His most successful was the first of the Man From U.N.C.L.E. novels, The Thousand Coffins Affair.
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