Mickey Spillane was never adored by critics. He famously said that his own father called his work “crud.” For the mystery novelist, none of it mattered. “I don’t have fans,” he said in a 1981 People magazine interview. I’m a writer. I give ’em what they wanna read.”He died in 2006 at 88, but his work hasn’t stopped.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 26, 2018 14:31 UTC