Benjamin Appel

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Benjamin Appel (September 13, 1907 – April 3, 1977), was an American novelist specializing in detective and crime fiction, sometimes from a radical perspective.

Appel was born in New York City and grew up in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. It was this experience that he drew upon when writing his novels.[1] Before he began earning a living from his writing, he was a bank clerk, farmer, lumberjack, factory-hand and a housing inspector for New York City. He lived most of his life in Roosevelt, New Jersey, and died there in 1977.[2][3]

Works

Maxim Lieber was Appel's literary agent in 1933 and 1935.

  • Brain Guy, aka The Enforcer (1934)
  • Four Roads to Death, aka Gold and Flesh (1935)
  • Runaround (1937)
  • The Power-House (1939)
  • The Dark Stain (1943)
  • But Not Yet Slain (1947)
  • Hell's Kitchen, aka Alley Kids (1952)
  • Plunder (1952)
  • Dock Walloper (1953)
  • Sweet Money Girl (1954)
  • Life and Death of a Tough Guy, aka Teen-Age Mobster (1955)
  • The Raw Edge (1958)
  • The Funhouse, aka The Death Master (1959)
  • Big Man, A Fast Man (1961)
  • A Time of Fortune (1963)
  • The Devil and W. Kaspar (1977)
  • Brain Guy / Plunder (2005)

References

  1. ↑ Osborn, Judith; Kihunrwa, Aika-Maria (2006). "Guide to the Benjamin Appel Papers 1928-1965". Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA). Retrieved May 24, 2010. 
  2. ↑ Jamieson, Wendell (January 1, 2006). "CITY LORE; Hard-Boiled Tales, Told by a Gentleman". The New York Times. Retrieved May 24, 2010. 
  3. ↑ "Biographical Sketch". Appel, Benjamin; Papers 1932-1976. Skillman Library, Lafayette College. Retrieved May 24, 2010. 


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