Ed McBain, John Abbott, Curt Cannon, Hunt Collins, Ezra Hannon, Richard Marsten, Salvatore Albert Lombino
Name: Evan Hunter
Known for: Writing
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Birth date: Friday, 15th October 1926
Death date: Wednesday, 6th July 2005
Popularity: 1.674
Biography: Evan Hunter (né Salvatore Albert Lombino; known as Ed McBain until 1952) was an American author and screenwriter. He also used the pen names John Abbott, Curt Cannon, Hunt Collins, Ezra Hannon, and Richard Marsten, amongst others. He is best known for writing the screenplay for THE BIRDS (1963) dir. Alfred Hitchcock.