Ed McBain (October 15, 1926 – July 6, 2005) is one of the pen names of an
American author and
screenwriter. Born
Salvatore Albert Lombino, he legally adopted the name
Evan Hunter in 1952. While successful and well known as Evan Hunter, he was even better known as
Ed McBain, a name he used for most of his
crime fiction, beginning in 1956. He also used the pen names John Abbott, Curt Cannon, Hunt Collins, Ezra Hannon, Dean Hudson, Evan Hunter, and Richard Marsten.