After writing editorials for the New York World under Walter Lippmann, he became managing editor of the New Yorker in 1931, but gave that up after 10 months to go to Hollywood, where he wrote such novels as Love's Lovely Counterfeit, Career in C Major, and The Embezzler.
His novels Past All Dishonor and Mignon, unlike most of his work, are historical fictions set just after the Civil War. After writing editorials for the New York World under Walter Lippmann, he became managing editor of the New Yorker in 1931, but gave that up after 10 months to go to Hollywood, where he wrote such novels as Love's Lovely Counterfeit, Career in C Major, and The Embezzler. FTP, identify this noir writer, best known for Mildred Pierce, Double Indemnity, and The Postman Always Rings Twice.
His novels Past All Dishonor and Mignon, unlike most of his work, are historical fictions set just after the Civil War.
James Mallahan Cain