Evan Hunter is one of this country’s most successful and prolific writers. His first novel, the blackboard jungle, was published in 1954 to wide acclaim, and he has since written over a dozen novels, including STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET, MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS, LAST SUMMER, and STREETS OF GOLD. As Ed McBain, he is responsible for thirty-some books in the well-known 87th Precinct series. Mr. Hunter was born in New York City and received a B. A. from Hunter College. He has lived in New York, Connecticut, and Florida, and has worked as a teacher of high school English, a lobster salesman, and a literary agent.