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Dashiell Hammett
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Screenwriter, Book Author, Short Story Author Born: May 27, 1894 in St. Mary's County, MD Death: January 10, 1961 in New York, NY Biography:"Dashiell Hammett" did not pen many novels, but the few he did pen have had a profound effect upon the crime-drama/mystery genre. His character Sam Spade, was the original "hard-boiled" detective and became the basis for such other characters as Philip Marlowe, and Mike Hammer. Hammett was born and raised in St. Mary's County, Maryland. At age 13, he dropped out of school to become a courier. He then worked as a long-shoreman and from there became a Pinkerton detective. As an investigator he looked into "Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle"'s alleged involvement in the rape and murder of actress "Virginia Rappe", and into the activities of notorious gambler Nick Arnstein. Hammett wrote his five mystery novels between the late 1920s and early 1930s. Three of those books became novels, the most famous being the 1941 film noir classic "The Maltese Falcon" starring "Humphrey Bogart" and "Sydney Greenstreet" (an... Full Biography
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