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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Day_KeeneDay Keene - Wikipedia

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   Gunard Hjertstedt (March 28, 1904 - January 9, 1969), better known by pen name Day Keene, was an American novelist, short story writer and radio and television scriptwriter. Keene wrote over 50 novels and was the head writer for radio soap operas Little Orphan Annie and Kitty Keene, Inc.

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3. thrillingdetective.com › 2020/12/09 › day-keeneDay Keene – The Thrilling Detective Web Site

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   Dec 9, 2020 · But after nearly ten years in RadioLand, Hjerstedt returned to the printed word, this time as “Day Keene”, an adaptation of his mother’s name, Daisy Keeney and not–as some have assumed– because of his work on Kitty Keene, Inc.

4. www.goodreads.com › author › showDay Keene (Author of Home Is the Sailor) - Goodreads

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   Day Keene, whose real name was Gunnar Hjerstedt, was one of the leading paperback mystery writers of the 1950s. Along with writing over 50 novels, he also wrote for radio, television, movies, and pulp magazines.

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   • Death Date: January 9, 1969

   • Birth Date: March 28, 1904

5. lareviewofbooks.org › article › becoming-day-keeneBecoming Day Keene: The Pre-Pulp Career of Gunard Hjertstedt

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   Mar 6, 2021 · THOUGH NOT AS widely celebrated as his noirish contemporaries David Goodis and Jim Thompson, Day Keene was one of the hardest working pulp and paperback crime writers of the...

6. www.goodreads.com › author › listBooks by Day Keene (Author of Home Is the Sailor) - Goodreads

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   Day Keene has 150 books on Goodreads with 5035 ratings. Day Keene’s most popular book is Home Is the Sailor.

7. www.goodreads.com › book › showHome Is the Sailor by Day Keene | Goodreads

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   First published in 1952 and later reprinted by the fine folk at Hard Case Crime, Day Keene's easy come, easy go, tale of marriage and murder is a fine story told through the watery eyes of perennial drunk Swede Nelson, a sailor who hopes to put the sea life behind him in favor of dry land.

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   Who was Day Keene?

   • Day Keene, whose real name was Gunnar Hjerstedt, was one of the leading paperback mystery writers of the 1950s. Along with writing over 50 novels, he also wrote for radio, television, movies, and pulp magazines.

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   Was day Keene a good writer?

   • “Even in his minor books, you can see a fine wry intelligence at work…he was a very good writer.” Day Keene was born Gunnar Hjerstedt in Chicago in 1904, half-Swedish and half-Irish, and 100 per cent writer, moving seemingly effortlessly from market to market.

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   Is day Keene based on Daisy Keeney?

   • But after nearly ten years in RadioLand, Hjerstedt returned to the printed word, this time as “Day Keene”,an adaptation of his mother’s name, Daisy Keeney and not–as some have assumed– because of his work on Kitty Keene, Inc.

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   Does day Keene create a plot?

   • “ (Day Keene creates) a plot that grips you on page one and keeps squeezing all the way to the finish.” ROCK’N’ROLL TRIVIA! One of Keene’s first stories as “Day Keene” was “League of the Grateful Dead,” which appeared in the February 1941 issue of Dime Mystery.

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9. starkhousepress.com › keeneDAY KEENE - STARK HOUSE PRESS

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   Three early 1950s noir crime thrillers from a master of the genre. "Day Keene packs a knockout combination: sharp dialogue, pacey plots, superbly rounded characters." —Allan Guthrie. New introduction by David Lawrence Wilson. April 2017. EBOOK AVAILABLE Select your file type and click 'Submit' to enter your email address and begin the order ...