E.V. Cunningham

The American author Howard Melvin Fast, who also went under the pen-names E.V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson, managed to gain himself a strong and impressive legacy during his lifetime, with not just a long string of literary titles, but a number of Hollywood films inspired by his work as well. Writing for the television too, he had a very visual style that engaged the reader, along with his characters that allowed everyone to root for them, resonating well with his audience. Many of the books he wrote under the E.V. Cunningham title were comprised of women’s names such as ‘Sylvia’, along with his highly popular Masao Masuto Mysteries franchise too.