author
Michael Avallone
1924–1999
A prolific mystery and spy-fiction writer, he created the hard-boiled detective Ed Noon and penned dozens of movie and television tie-ins. His energetic career spanned more than two hundred works, published under his own name and a colorful collection of pseudonyms.
2 Audiobooks
White legs
by Michael Avallone
The curse of Cleopatra
by Michael Avallone
About the author
Born in New York City on October 27, 1924, Michael Angelo Avallone became known for mystery novels, secret-agent adventures, and novelizations of films and television programs. His first novel, The Tall Dolores (1953), introduced private investigator Ed Noon, who returned in a long-running series that continued through Since Noon Yesterday (1989).
Avallone also wrote tie-ins for properties including The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Hawaii Five-O, Mannix, The Partridge Family, and Beneath the Planet of the Apes. He published under numerous pseudonyms, edited the Mystery Writers of America newsletter from 1962 to 1965, and served as a guest lecturer at New York University, Columbia University, and Rutgers University. He was nominated for a 1989 Anthony Award for High Noon at Midnight and died in Los Angeles on February 26, 1999.