Dennis Lynds
Dennis Lynds(1924–2005) was a renowned author of mystery fiction. Raised in New York City, he earned a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart during World War II, before returning to New York to become a magazineeditor. He published his first book, a war novel calledCombat Soldier, in 1962, before moving to California.Under the pseudonymMichael Collins, Lynds published the Edgar Award–winningAct of Fear(1967), which introduced his best-known character: the one-armed private detective Dan Fortune. The...
