Marvin Albert

Marvin H. Albert, (22 January 1924 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – 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 United States Merchant Marine and began writing full-time over the success of his 1956 Western novel The Law and Jake Wade. 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.

Novels

Westerns

• The Law and Jake Wade (1956), filmed under the same title (1958)
• Apache Rising (1957), filmed as Duel at Diablo (1966)
• The Bounty Killer (1958), filmed as (Italian-Spanish movie) El Precio de un Hombre (1966), aka The Ugly Ones in the US.
• Renegade Posse (1958), filmed as Bullet for a Badman (1964)
• The Reformed Gun (1959)
• Rider from Wind River (1959)
• Posse at High Pass (1964)

Westerns written under the name Al Conroy

A series featuring the common character Clayburn. They were later reprinted in 1989-90 under Marvin Albert's own name.

• Clayburn (1961).
• Last Train to Bannock (1963)
• Three Rode North (1964)
• The Man in Black (1965), filmed as Rough Night in Jericho (1967; Albert also wrote the screenplay)

Tony Rome series

• A series featuring the private detective Tony Rome.
• Miami Mayhem (1960), filmed as Tony Rome (1967)
• The Lady in Cement, (1961) filmed as Lady in Cement (1968)
• My Kind of Game (1962)

Stone Angel series

• A series featuring the common character Pete Sawyer.
• The Don is Dead (1972)
• The Dark Goddess (1978)
• Stone Angel (1986)
• Back in the Real World (1986)
• Get Off at Babylon (1987)
• Long Teeth (1987)
• The Last Smile (1988)
• The Midnight Sister (1989)
• Bimbo Heaven (1990)
• The Zig-Zag Man (1991)
• The Riviera Contract (1992)

Other crime thrillers

• The Looters (1961), filmed as Estouffade à la Caraïbe (1966)

Non fiction works

• The Long White Road a biography of the Arctic explorer Ernest Shackleton
• Broadsides and Boarders a history of great sea captains
• The Divorce about Henry VIII.

Film novelizations

• Party Girl (1958)
• All the Young Men (1960)
• Move Over Darling (1963)
• Palm Springs Weekend (1963)^[2]
• The Pink Panther (1963)
• The Outrage (1964)
• What's New, Pussycat? (1965)
• Tony Rome (1967)
• The Untouchables (1987)

Television novelization

• Mr. Lucky (1959)

References

External links

• http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/Marvin-Albert.html
• http://www.mysteryfile.com/GM_Albert/goldmedal_albert.html