Horace McCoy

Horace McCoy - Novel, Screenplay, Dialogue known for his work in such projectsAdvice for working with the Map of emotions: «They Shoot Horses, Don't They?» (1969), «Gentleman Jim» (1942), «Western Union» (1941), «Rage at Dawn» (1955),

Horace Stanley McCoy (1897–1955) was an American novelist whose gritty, hardboiled novels documented the hardships Americans faced during the Depression and post-war periods. McCoy grew up in Tennessee and Texas; after serving in the air force during World War I, he worked as a journalist, film actor, and screenplay writer, and is author of five novels including They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1935) and the noir classic Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1948). Though underappreciated in his own time, McCoy is now recognized as a peer of Dashiell Hammett and James Cain. He died in Beverly Hills, California, in 1955.

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