Evan Hunter

Ed McBain (1926–2005) was the pseudonym used by Evan Hunter to publish his acclaimed series of police procedure novels, the 87th Precinct series. Blackboard Jungle, a novel based on his experience teaching in at Bronx Vocational High School, became a film of the same name in 1954, and his screenplay was used for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 film The Birds. He was nominated for multiple Edgar Allan Poe Awards and was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.