Frank Kane (July 19, 1912 – November 29, 1968) was an American author of detective fiction.

Biography Kane was brought up in Brooklyn, New York. He attended St. John's Law School but had to leave his studies to support his spouse and newborn child. He graduated from City College of New York. He worked as a columnist for The New York Press, as a letterer for the New York Trade Newspapers Corporation, for the New York Journal of Commerce, and in public relations, particularly as an advocate for the liquor industry. After World War II, he was a freelance writer, later working in radio, where he introduced movie stars, and in television.

Kane wrote for productions of The Shadow, Gang Busters, Counter Spy, The Fat Man, Casey, Crime Photographer, Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons, The Lawless Twenties, Nick Carter, Master Detective, and for the Coast Guard documentary You Have To Go Out. He created Call the Police for Lever Brothers and Claim Agent for NBC. From the 1940s through the 1960s, he wrote close to 40 novels (mostly centered around the character Johnny Liddell). He also wrote numerous short stories for crime magazines such as Manhunt, The Saint Detective Magazine, Private Eye, and Pursuit. His paperback novels about Liddell were reported to have sold more than 30 million copies and to have been translated into 17 languages.

He spent much of his in Hollywood, writing television dramas for the shows Special Agent 7 and The Investigators. He also wrote at least two dozen episodes of the television series Mike Hammer.

In 1960, his novel Key Witness was made into a feature film.

Personal life and death Kane and his wife, Ann, had three daughters. He died of a heart attack on November 29, 1968, in his home in Manhasset, Long Island, aged 56.

Works + Credits Title Year Comment Frank Kane About Face 1947 Frank Kane Death About Face - reprint of About Face Frank Kane The Fatal Foursome - reprint of About Face Frank Kane Green Light For Death 1949 Frank Kane Slay Ride 1950 Frank Kane Bullet Proof 1951 Frank Kane Dead Weight 1951 Frank Kane Bare Trap 1952 Frank Kane Poisons Unknown 1953 Frank Kane Grave Danger 1954 Frank Kane Red Hot Ice 1955 Frank Kane Johnny Liddell's Morgue 1956 Frank Kane Key Witness 1956 Frank Kane A Real Gone Guy 1956 Frank Kane Juke Box King 1957 Frank Kane The Living End 1957 Frank Kane Liz 1958 Frank Kane Syndicate Girl 1958 Frank Kane Trigger Mortis 1958 Frank Kane The Line-Up 1959 Frank Kane Trial By Fear 1959 Frank Boyd The Flesh Peddlers 1959 Frank Kane A Short Bier 1960 Frank Kane Time To Prey 1960 Frank Boyd Johnny Staccato 1960 based on the television series of the same name Frank Kane Due Or Die 1961 Frank Kane The Mourning After 1961 Frank Kane Stacked Deck 1961 Frank Kane The Conspirators 1962 Frank Kane Crime Of Their Live 1962 Frank Kane Dead Rite 1962 Frank Kane Hearse Class Male 1963 Frank Kane Johnny Come Lately 1963 Frank Kane Ring-A-Ding-Ding 1963 Frank Kane Barely Seen 1964 Frank Kane Fatal Undertaking 1964 Frank Kane Final Curtain 1964 Frank Kane The Guilt-Edged Frame 1964 Frank Kane Esprit De Corpse 1965 Frank Kane Two To Tangle 1965 Frank Kane Maid In Paris 1966 Frank Kane Margin For Terror 1967

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