found: Wikipedia, May 9, 2016(Marvin Albert; Marvin H. Albert, (born 22 January 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died 24 March 1996 in Menton, France) was a writer of mystery, crime and adventure novels; during World War II Albert served in the United States Merchant Marine; he began writing full-time after the success of his 1956 Western novel The Law and Jake Wadel; he sometimes wrote under pseudonyms such as Albert Conroy, Ian McAlister, Nick Quarry and Anthony Rome; settings for his novels include France (where he lived for some time), Miami and the Old West; a 1975 international suspense thriller, The Gargoyle Conspiracy, written under his own name, was an Edgar nominee in the category of Best Mystery Novel)
