Herbert Brean was an American journalist and crime fiction writer, best known for his recurring series characters William Deacon and Reynold Frame. He was a director and former executive vice president of the Mystery Writers of America, a group for which he also taught a class in mystery writing. Aside from his seven mystery crime novels, he also published non-fiction books and articles, and mystery magazine short stories. Alfred Hitchcock used one of Brean's many articles for Life Magazine, "A Case of Identity" (1953) as the basis for his film The Wrong Man.
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| Born | 10 December 1907 |
| Died | 7 May 1973 |
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| Born | 10 December 1907 |
| Died | 7 May 1973 |
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Detective and mystery fiction, Diet, Mystery and detective stories, Obesity, Popular Works, Temperance, Therapy, Tobacco Use Disorder, Tobacco habit, Tobacco use, William Deacon (fictitious character)Places
New York CityTime
1950sID Numbers
- OLID: OL2171569A
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| January 2, 2020 | Edited by M C W | Added author info |
| December 4, 2019 | Edited by M C W | Added dates, obituary link |
| August 19, 2008 | Edited by an anonymous user | fix author name |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |