Ed Lacy
Ed Lacy (August 25, 1911 - January 7, 1968), born Leonard "Len" S. Zinberg, was an American writer of crime and detective fiction. Lacy, who was white, is credited with creating "the first credible African-American PI" character in fiction, Toussaint "Touie" Marcus Moore.[1] Room to Swing, his 1957 novel that introduced Touie Moore, received the 1958 Edgar Award for Best Novel.
Lacy was born in New York City.[1] He was a member of the League of American Writers, and served on its Keep America Out of War Committee in January 1940 during the period of the Hitler-Stalin pact.[2] He died of a heart attack in Harlem in 1968, at the age of 56.[1]
Bibliography
- The Woman Aroused (1951)
- Sin in Their Blood (1952)
- Strip for Violence (1953)
- Enter Without Desire (1954)
- Go for the Body (1954)
- The Best That Ever Did It (also issued as Visa to Death) (1955)
- The Men from the Boys (1956)
- Lead with Your Left (1957)
- Room to Swing (1957)
- Breathe No More, My Lady (1958)
- Shakedown for Murder (1958)
- Be Careful How You Live (1959)
- Blonde Bait (1959)
- The Big Fix (1960)
- A Deadly Affair (1960)
- Bugged for Murder (1961)
- The Freeloaders (1961)
- South Pacific Affair (1961)
- The Sex Castle (also issued as Shoot It Again) (1963)
- Two Hot to Handle (two novellas: The Coin of Adventure and Murder in Paradise) (1963)
- Moment of Untruth (1964)
- Harlem Underground (1965)
- Pity the Honest (1965)
- The Hotel Dwellers (1966)
- Double Trouble (1967)
- In Black & Whitey (1967)
- The Napalm Bugle (1968)
- The Big Bust (1969)
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Lacy, Ed |
| Alternative names |
Zinberg, Leonard S. (birth name); Zinberg, Len |
| Short description |
Novelist, short story writer |
| Date of birth |
August 25, 1911 |
| Place of birth |
New York City, New York, United States |
| Date of death |
January 7, 1968 |
| Place of death |
New York City, New York, United States |