Marvin Albert

Marvin H. Albert (January 22, 1924 – March 24, 1996) was an American writer of mystery, crime and adventure novels including ones featuring Pete (Pierre-Ange [French: Stone Angel]) Sawyer, a French-American private investigator living and working in France.

For the American sportscaster, see Marv Albert.
Marvin Albert
Born
Marvin H. Albert

(1924-01-22)January 22, 1924
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
DiedMarch 24, 1996(1996-03-24) (aged 72)
Menton, France
OccupationNovels, Screenwriters
Years active1956-1992

Biography

During World War II Albert served in the United States Merchant Marine as a radio operator. After working as the director of a Philadelphia children's theater troupe he moved to New York in 1950 and began writing and editing for Quick[1] and Look magazines.

He began writing full-time over the success of his 1956 Western novel The Law and Jake Wade. He sometimes wrote under pseudonyms such as Albert Conroy, Ian McAlister, Nick Quarry and Anthony Rome.[2] Settings for his novels include France (where he lived for some time), Miami and the Old West. A 1975 international suspense thriller, The Gargoyle Conspiracy, written under his own name, was an Edgar nominee in the category of Best Mystery Novel.

Novels

Westerns

Westerns written under the name Al Conroy

A series featuring the common character Clayburn. They were later reprinted in 1989-90 under Marvin Albert's own name.

  • Clayburn (1961).
  • Last Train to Bannock (1963)
  • Three Rode North (1964)
  • The Man in Black (1965), filmed as Rough Night in Jericho (1967; Albert also wrote the screenplay)

Detective novels written under the name Al Conroy
  • The Road's End (1952)
  • The Chiselers (1953)
  • Nice Guys Finish Dead (1957) (filmed as À Corps À Cris (1989)
  • Murder in Room 13 (1958) (filmed as Adieu Marin! (1993)
  • The Mob Says Murder (1958)
  • Devil in Dungarees (1960)

Jake Barrow Private Eye written under the name Nick Quarry
  • The Hoods Come Calling (1958)
  • The Girl with No Place to Hide (1959)
  • Trail of a Tramp (1960)
  • Till It Hurts (1960)
  • No Chance in Hell (1960)
  • Some Die Hard (1961)

Tony Rome series
  • A series featuring the private detective Tony Rome.
  • Miami Mayhem (As Anthony Rome - 1960), filmed as Tony Rome (1967)
  • The Lady in Cement, (As Anthony Rome, but published in England - 1961) filmed as Lady in Cement (1968)
  • My Kind of Game (As Anthony Rome - 1962)

A 1967 television pilot under the name Nick Quarry was based on Tony Rome[3]

as Nick Quarry

Mafia fiction as Al Conroy

Series character: Johnny Morini, Soldato: Man Against the Mafia.

  • Soldato! (1972)
  • Death Grip! (1972)
  • Strangle Hold! (1973)
  • Murder Mission! (1973)
  • Blood Run! (1973)

Stone Angel series

A series featuring the common character Pete Sawyer.

  • The Dark Goddess (1978)
  • Stone Angel (1986)
  • Back in the Real World (1986)
  • Get Off at Babylon (1987)
  • Long Teeth (1987)
  • The Last Smile (1988)
  • The Midnight Sister (1989)
  • Bimbo Heaven (1990)
  • The Zig-Zag Man (1991)
  • The Riviera Contract (1992)

as Ian McAlister
  • Skylark Mission (1973)
  • Driscoll's Diamonds (1974)
  • Valley of the Assassins (1975)
  • Strike Force 7 (1975)

Other crime thrillers
  • Lie Down with Lions (1959)
  • The Looters (as Albert Conroy - 1961), filmed as Estouffade à la Caraïbe (1966)
  • The Gargoyle Conspiracy (1975)

Non fiction works
  • The Long White Road a biography of the Arctic explorer Ernest Shackleton
  • Broadsides and Boarders a history of great sea captains
  • The Divorce(1965)- about Henry VIII.

Film novelizations

TV Tie-Ins
  • Mr. Lucky (1959), an original novel based on the TV series as by Al Conroy
  • Storefront Lawyers (1970), novelization of the pilot teleplay as by A.L. Conroy [sic]

Screenplays

Other works

As J. D. Christilian - "Scarlet Women" (1996).

As Marvin H. Albert - "Operation Lila" (1983), "The Medusa Complex", "Dancer's Progress and Schrodingers Cat"(1993 - possibly two stories in one volume) and "Hidden Lives" (1981).

Personal life

He was survived by his artist wife Xenia Klar, one son, and one grandchild.

References
  1. http://www.quick-magazine.com/quick_magazine/about.html
  2. Grimes, William (31 March 1996). "Marvin H. Albert, 73, an Author Of Mysteries and Biographies". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  3. Goldberg, Lee Unsold Television Pilots: 1955-1989 Adventures in Television, 5 Jul 2015
  4. Dell Publishing, OCLC 23181101
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