Dashiell Hammett
Was born in 1894 – died in 1961
Was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories,
a screenplay writer and political activist.
(The hardboiled detective is tough, both emotionally and physically)
Left school when he was 13 years old and held several jobs before
working for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
Hammett enlisted in the United States Army in 1918. However, he
became ill with the Spanish flu.
Married Josephine Dolan and had two daughters. (Shortly after the birth
of their second child, Health Services nurses informed Josephine that due
to Hammett's TB, she and the children should not live with him full-time.
Josephine rented a home in San Francisco, where Hammett would visit on
weekends. The marriage soon fell apart, but he continued to financially
support his wife and daughters with the income he made from his writing)
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