I began using pseudonyms early in my career, when I was being paid a quarter a cent a word for my work, and when I had to write a lot to earn a living. Sometimes I had three or four stories in a single magazine without the editor knowing they were all by me.
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I got a B.A. from Hunter College, worked as a school teacher, a lobster salesman, and a literary agent before being published.Evan Hunter
Readers are what it's all about, aren't they? If not, why am I writing?
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It's a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different.
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Evan Hunter is not a pseudonym. It has been my legal name since 1952. It is the name I answer to, the name on my passport, the name I sign to my checks, the name my family and friends know me by. Ed McBain is the pseudonym.
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I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, then it's already been covered by the media, and if it's not good enough, why would I want to bother with it?
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