| Author: | Herbert Brean | ISBN: | 9781479408115 |
| Publisher: | Wildside Press LLC | Publication: | January 21, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Wildside Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Herbert Brean |
| ISBN: | 9781479408115 |
| Publisher: | Wildside Press LLC |
| Publication: | January 21, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Wildside Press |
| Language: | English |
Herbert Brean (1907-1973) was an American journalist and crime fiction writer, best known for his recurring series characters William Deacon and Reynold Frame. He was a director and former executive vice president of the Mystery Writers of America, a group for which he also taught a class in mystery writing. Aside from his seven mystery crime novels, he also published non-fiction books and articles, and mystery magazine short stories. Alfred Hitchcock used "A Case of Identity" (1953), one of Brean's many articles for Life, as the basis for Hitchcock's film The Wrong Man (1957).
Herbert Brean (1907-1973) was an American journalist and crime fiction writer, best known for his recurring series characters William Deacon and Reynold Frame. He was a director and former executive vice president of the Mystery Writers of America, a group for which he also taught a class in mystery writing. Aside from his seven mystery crime novels, he also published non-fiction books and articles, and mystery magazine short stories. Alfred Hitchcock used "A Case of Identity" (1953), one of Brean's many articles for Life, as the basis for Hitchcock's film The Wrong Man (1957).
