In 1951, Lombino took a job as an executive editor for the Scott Meredith Literary Agency, working with authors such as Poul Anderson, Arthur C.

This experience would later form the basis for his novel The Blackboard Jungle (1954), written under the pen name Evan Hunter, which was adapted into the film Blackboard Jungle (1955). While looking to start a career as a writer, Lombino took a variety of jobs, including 17 days as a teacher at Bronx Vocational High School in September 1950. In 1981, Lombino was inducted into the Hunter College Hall of Fame, where he was honored for outstanding professional achievement. He published a weekly column in the Hunter College newspaper as 'S.A. However, none of these stories was published until after he had established himself as an author in the 1950s.Īfter the war, Lombino returned to New York and attended Hunter College, where he majored in English and psychology, with minors in dramatics and education, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1950. Lombino served in the United States Navy during World War II and wrote several short stories while serving aboard a destroyer in the Pacific. Later, he was admitted as an art student at Cooper Union. Green Middle School #113), then Evander Childs High School (now Evander Childs Educational Campus), before winning a New York Art Students League scholarship. He attended Olinville Junior High School (later Richard R.

He lived in East Harlem until age 12, when his family moved to the Bronx. Salvatore Lombino was born and raised in New York City. His 87th Precinct novels have become staples of the police procedural genre. Hunter, who legally adopted that name in 1952, also used the pen names John Abbott, Curt Cannon, Hunt Collins, Ezra Hannon, and Richard Marsten, among others. Crime fiction, mystery fiction, pornography, science fictionĭragica Dimitrijevic, 1997 (until his death)Įvan Hunter, born Salvatore Albert Lombino, (October 15, 1926 – July 6, 2005) was an American author and screenwriter best known for his 87th Precinct novels, written under his Ed McBain pen name, and the novel upon which the film Blackboard Jungle was based.

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