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Dashiell Hammett

Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter (d. 1961)

Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles, The Continental Op and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9.

27 May 1894

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