Evan Hunter was born on October 15, 1926 in New York City, New York, USA as Salvatore Albert Lombino. He was a writer, known for The Birds (1963), Tengoku to jigoku (1963) and Blackboard Jungle (1955). He was married to Dragica Dimitrijevic, Mary Vann Finley and Anita Melnick. He died on July 6, 2005 in Weston, Connecticut, USA.