Mickey Spillane ... His books featured raw violence and sex, drawing condemnation from morality groups of the day. But they sold hugely, withlurid paperback covers often featuring a scantily ...

This cover image released by Mysterious Press ... Friends of the popular crime writer Mickey Spillane noted that Spillane could pile the tall tales pretty high when talking about his own life ...

Macho mystery writer Mickey Spillane, whose gritty gumshoe, Mike Hammer, was the sexy, violent Cold War icon of the genre – spawning books, movies and a TV series – has died at his South ...

Recently, I asked my truck-driving, landscape expert son, Walker, if he had ever read the book. He answered quickly ... the creation of Mickey Spillane. A new biography, “Spillane: King ...

When he wasn’t writing best-sellers, Mickey Spillane was driving race cars ... a dull moment – he lived quite a life.” Mickey’s books, beginning with 1947’s “I, the Jury,” are ...

Skydance has acquired rights to Mickey Spillane’s and Max Allan Collins’ Mike Hammer franchise with plans to develop and produce the bestselling book series as a feature film based on the iconic ...

This cover image released by Mysterious Press shows “Spillane ... Friends of the popular crime writer Mickey Spillane noted that Spillane could pile the tall tales pretty high when talking about his ...