Marvin H. Albert, (22 January 1924 Philadelphia Pennsylvania, USA – 24 March 1996 Menton, France) was a writer of mystery, crime and adventure novels including ones featuring Pete (Pierre-Ange [French: Stone Angel) Sawyer, a French-American private investigator living and working in France.
During World War II Albert served in the US Merchant Marine and began writing full time over the success of his 1956 Western novel The Law and Jake Wade.
Novels in the Stone Angel Series, featuring Pete Sawyer:
He also wrote film novelizations (e.g., What's New, Pussy Cat? and All the Young Men) and many other novels. He sometimes wrote under pseudonyms such as Albert Conroy, Ian McAlister, Nick Quarry and Anthony Rome.[1] Settings for his novels include France (where he lived for some time), Miami and the Old West.
His novel Miami Mayhem was the basis for the 1967 Frank Sinatra film Tony Rome and he converted his 1957 novel Apache Rising into the screenplay for the film Duel at Diablo.