Charles Einstein

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Charles Einstein
BornAugust 2 1926
Boston, United States
DiedMarch 7 2007 (aged 80)
Michigan City, Indiana, United Sates
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • novelist
  • editor
  • screenwriter
Family

Charles Einstein (August 2, 1926 – March 7, 2007) was a newspaperman and sportswriter. He was also the author of the novel The Bloody Spur. The film While the City Sleeps (1956) directed by Fritz Lang was based on this novel.[1] Einstein's father was the comedian Harry Einstein.[2] He was the older half-brother of comedic actors Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein, better known by his stage name "Super Dave Osborne".[3]

Bibliography[]

  • The Bloody Spur, Dell First Edition #5, pbo, 1953. reprinted as While the City Sleeps (Dell D86, 1956).[4]
  • Wiretap!, Dell First Edition #76, pbo, 1955.
  • The Only Game In Town, Dell First Edition 47, pbo, 1955
  • The Last Laugh, Dell First Edition A121, pbo, 1956.
  • No Time at All, Simon & Schuster, hc, 1957. Dell, pb, 1958.
  • The Naked City, Stories based on TV scripts by Stirling Silliphant. Dell First Edition A180, pbo, 1959.
    • “And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol”
    • “Lady Bug, Lady Bug…”
    • Line of Duty
    • Meridian
    • Nickel Ride
    • The Other Face of Goodness
    • Susquehanna 7-8367
    • The Violent Circle
  • The Day New York Went Dry, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1967.
  • The Blackjack Hijack, Random House, 1976. Fawcett Crest, pb, 1976.
  • Willie's Time, Southern Illinois University Press, 1979.

Einstein was also the editor of a series of compilations of baseball writings, titled The Fireside Book of Baseball.

References[]

  1. ^ While the City Sleeps at the American Film Institute Catalog
  2. ^ Mystery File by Steve Lewis
  3. ^ Hoge, Patrick (March 11, 2007). "Charles Einstein -- S.F. sportswriter and prolific author". San Francisco Chronicle.
  4. ^ Boucher, Anthony (October 23, 1953). "Criminals at Large". The New York Times. The Bloody Spur... an unusually long, but tightly knit supense novel with an ambitious and well-handled problem in construction.

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