Carroll John Daly
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Carroll John Daly was a writer of crime fiction. One of the earliest writers of hard-boiled fiction, he is best known for his detective character Race Williams, who appeared in a number of stories for
Cover of June 1929 issue of Black Mask featuring Race Williams
Cover of June 1923 issue of Black Mask featuring Daly's anti-Ku Klux Klan story "Knights of the Open Palm".
The whole text of "Knights of the Open Palm"
Mickey Spillane
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Frank Morrison Spillane, better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American crime novelist, called the "king of pulp fiction". He was best known for stories featuring his signature detective character,
Spillane in the "Publish or Perish" episode of Columbo in 1974
Photo of Spillane from Greenwood Army Air Field yearbook for 1943
Mike Lancer in Green Hornet Comics #10 (December 1942); art by Harry Sahle
Spillane in the 1974 Columbo episode "Publish or Perish".