McCoy, Horace, 1897-1955

Horace McCoy was born April 14, 1897 in Pegram, TN; worked for Dallas Journal and Dallas Dispatch in 1920s; his hard-boiled detective fiction appeared in Black Mask magazine; arrived in Hollywood to pursue acting career in 1931; sold screenplay, The luxury girl, in 1933; his first and most notable novel was They shoot horses, don't they?(1935); during the next twenty years, he wrote scripts for several Hollywood studios and produced five additional novels; died Dec. 15, 1955.

From the description of Papers, 1920-1956. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38060718

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