Dashiell Hammett

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Aliases:
Samuel D. Hammett, דשיאל המט, Dėshil Khėmmet, and 8 others Dashiell Hammett, Deshil Khemmet, John Buchan, Samuel D.- Hammett, Samuel Dashiell Hammett, דשײל האמט, Dashiell Hammet, Dashīl Hamit
Born:
May 26, 1894
Died:
Jan. 9, 1961

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American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), The Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse) and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9.

Books by Dashiell Hammett