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Dashiell Hammett
Samuel Dashiell Hammett
(; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of
hard-boiled
detective novels and short stories, a screenplay writer, and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are
Sam Spade
(
The Maltese Falcon
),
Nick and Nora Charles
(
The Thin Man
), and
the Continental Op
(
Red Harvest
and
The Dain Curse
).
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