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John McPartland

John McPartland was born in Chicago, Illinois. He lived only a few years after becoming one of Gold Medal's most popular authors of the sexy action thrillers now called "noir fiction". He wrote eleven noir novels, beginning with Love Me Now (1952) and ending with The Last Night (1959), which was published posthumously. Only his seventh novel, No Down Payment (1957), came out in hardcover. Like many writers of pulp thrillers, McPartland was prolific, and most of his stories were close to the contemporary bone. He turned out nearly two books a year, and the lag between their fictional plots and real life was seldom more than a year or two. At the time of his death, he was also working as a Hollywood screenwriter. He wrote screenplays for The Wild Party (1956), No Time to Be Young (1957), and Street of Sinners (1957).

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Born 13 April 1911
Died 14 September 1958

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  • Cover of: Affair in Tokyo

    First published in 1954 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1959 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1947 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1953 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Last Night

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  • Cover of: Love Me Now

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  • Cover of: תל החלומות: רומן

    First published in 1957 — 1 edition
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Born 13 April 1911
Died 14 September 1958

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Fiction, thrillers, general, Tokyo (japan), fiction, collectionID:Sleazy_pulp, California -- Monterey, Fiction, espionage, Fiction, romance, general, Fiction, thrillers, espionage, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Large type books, Livres en gros caractères, Monterey (Calif.) -- Fiction, Moral conditions, Sexual Hygiene, Sexual health, Young women, fiction, large print books

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
January 26, 2009 Edited by Sarah Breau Added location, added to birth date, added death date, added bio
September 10, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import