MICKEY SPILLANE

• Born on March 9, 1918
• Born Frank Morrison Spillane
• Brooklyn, New York

BASIC FACTS

• Enlisted in the Army Air Corps
• Practicing Jehovahs Witness
• Married three times
• Died July 17, 2006

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• Started his career with comic books
• "I, the Jury" was Spillane's first book
• Most of his books followed the detective Mike Hammer
• His last book was "Somethings Down There" was published in 2003

AWARDS

• Edgar Allan Poe Grand Master Award - 19995
• THE EYE - 1983
• Shamus Award - 1990

QUOTES

Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.
- Mickey Spillane

If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's good, the older he gets, the better he writes.
- Mickey Spillane

My father was Catholic, my mother was Protestant, and because of that I got Christened in both churches, so I've got all these names... but my Dad always called me Mick.
- Mickey Spillane

SOURCES

• http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mickey_spillane.html
• http://www.biography.com/people/mickey-spillane-9490694
• http://www.hyperink.com/Major-Accomplishments-And-Awards-b1110a12