Michael Avallone
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Michael Avallone (born in New York City, 27 October 1924, Michael Angelo Avallone; married 1949 Lucille Asero (one son; marriage dissolved), 1960 Fran Weinstein (one son, one daughter); died Los Angeles 26 February 1999[1]. He was a prolific American author of mystery, secret agent fiction, and novelizations of TV and films. His lifetime output was 223+ [2], although boasted 1,000+, published under his own name or 17+ pseudonyms.
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His first novel, The Tall Dolores 1953 introduced Ed Noon PI, after 30+, the most recent was published in 1989. The final volume, "Since Noon Yesterday" is, as of 2005, unpublished.
Tie-ins included The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Hawaii Five-O, Mannix, Friday the 13th Part III, Beneath the Planet of the Apes and even The Partridge Family. Novellas in late 1960s featured UNCLE-like INTREX.
Under the house name Nick Carter, he wrote some of the Nick Carter spy novels beginning in the 1960s. As Troy Conway tongue-in-cheek porn Rod Damon: The Coxeman novel 1967-73 parodied The Man from U.N.C.L.E.. Typical of his first 1950s sports pulp and mens magazine contributions are explicit details [3]. Unusual was the novelization of the 1982 TV miniseries, A Woman Called Golda, based on the life of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.[4]
Among his 17+ pseudonyms (male and female) were: Mile Avalione, Mike Avalone, Nick Carter, Troy Conway, Priscilla Dalton, Mark Dane, Jeanne-Anne dePre, Dora Highland, Stuart Jason, Steve Michaels, Dorothea Nile, Edwina Noone, John Patrick, Vance Stanton, Sidney Stuart, Max Walker, and Lee Davis Willoughby.[5]
From 1962 to 1965, Avallone edited the Mystery Writers of America newsletter. [6]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-michael-avallone-1081738.html
- ^ http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/avallone.html
- ^ http://www.pulpinternational.com/pulp/keyword/Michael+Avallone.html pictures
- ^ http://www.mscd.edu/golda/goldameir/goldabibliography/
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-michael-avallone-1081738.html
- ^ http://www.mysterywriters.org/?q=contact/Contact
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 25. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
