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Ed McBain, whose real name was Edwin August Hensen, was a renowned American detective novel writer. His works, set in New York City, feature a series of crime stories with the police officer Jack Carter as the protagonist. McBain's writing career spanned half a century, with a total of 87 novels, which were highly appreciated by readers.

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“McKinty is an exciting new talent.”

Talent Exciting New Talent

Author:Ed McBain

“In conversations and visits with friends from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe I am often struck by the gaps in our Western theological approaches. The most common texts used in evangelical schools have been written in the US, UK, and Australia. However, they miss some fundamental contextual issues.”

School Common Missing Western Latin Eastern Theological Latin America Evangelical

Author:Ed McBain

“Formal theological teaching in Africa is deeply rooted in the Western missionary movement . However, in practice, the church wrestles with how to bring theology to bear on the realities it faces in the context.”

Reality Church Teaching Western Theology Missionary Theological

Author:Ed McBain

“We need leaders who can reflect theologically and help develop more robust thinking that understands how context affects our understanding of God, humankind, the fall, and redemption.”

Thinking Helping Fall Understanding Leader Redemption

Author:Ed McBain

“In the US, we consider our foreign policy as something rooted in the protection of American ideals of democracy and human development. However, we often fail to see the damaging consequences, many of which may be unintended, on others - including Christians - living in other parts of the world.”

World Christian Democracy Failing Policy Consequence Protection Foreign Policy Human Development

Author:Ed McBain

“Palestinian believers have a unique experience with US foreign policy and our close ties with Israel. This alliance has many layers, but given the strong support of the US church, and the frequency of religious language surrounding these policies, Palestinian Christian friends raise important and challenging questions about how we understand the intertwining of theology and politics in the US.”

Important Christian Language Strong Challenges Church Religious Support Policy Unique Believer Theology Foreign Policy Palestinian

Author:Ed McBain

“The rise of the prosperity gospel is one of the great challenges to the true message of Jesus Christ. While not an expressly Western problem, the promises of this false teaching are often deeply rooted in Western materialism and worldly wealth. Teachers focus on a temporal reward as evidence of God's blessing, often ignoring the greater issues of justice, reconciliation, and redemption so needed in the world today.”

World Problem Today Jesus Christ Challenges Wealth Justice Focus Teacher Teaching Promise Blessing Evidence Jesus Christ Western Prosperity Redemption Materialism Worldly Reconciliation

Author:Ed McBain

“We need voices that help us critique our social, political, and economic views through Kingdom lenses. The women and men who compose the global body of Christ can help challenge us in very important ways.”

Men Important Helping Political Christ Challenges Economic Men And Women Critique

Author:Ed McBain

“The world is made of stairs, and there are those who go up and those who go down.”

World Made Wisdom Stairs Ups & Downs

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“A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week.”

Form Five Week Various Detectives

Author:Ed McBain

“I began using pseudonyms early in my career, when I was being paid a quarter a cent a word for my work, and when I had to write a lot to earn a living. Sometimes I had three or four stories in a single magazine without the editor knowing they were all by me.”

Writing Sometimes Stories Three Careers Knowing Four Paid Magazines Editors Quarters Cents Pseudonyms

Author:Ed McBain

“Depending on what I'm working on, I come to the writing desk with entirely different mindsets. When I change form one to the other, it's as if another writer is on the scene.”

Ifs Writing Different Form Change Scene Mindset Desks

Author:Ed McBain

“I have a book coming out in September, for example, where the plot concerns counterfeiting, and I had to do a lot of research on that. Or on any legal matters, for example, I have to do a lot of research online.”

Book Matter Example Research Concern Plot Online Coming Out September

Author:Ed McBain

“I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, then it's already been covered by the media, and if it's not good enough, why would I want to bother with it?”

Ifs Want Feels Ideas Real Enough Stories Media Bother Good Enough Covered Headlines Not Good Enough Brilliant Ideas Real Story

Author:Ed McBain

“I enjoy what I do every minute of the day, even when the going gets tough. When I first began writing, I used to work at a desk in the bedroom, of a small development house. My three sons all under the age of 3 would come running in and out of the room every minute.”

Writing Firsts Running Age Used Three House Enjoy Rooms Minutes Son Development Tough Desks Bedroom Going Gets Tough Three Sons

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“I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don't agree with me as to their worth.”

Trying Sometimes Novel Agree Agreement Print Publishers

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“I wanted to be an artist. I was studying art. I wanted to be a great painter. When I went into the Navy, there wasn't much to draw at sea. So I began writing, and I began reading a lot.”

Writing Art Wanted Artist Reading Study Sea Draws Painter Navy Studying Art

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“I would certainly never suggest that any lesbian should be ashamed of her sexual preference.”

Should Ashamed Preference

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“I've never been a cop nor hope to be a cop, thanks.”

Author:Ed McBain

“I would like to win the Pulitzer Prize. I would like to win the Nobel Prize. I would like to win a Tony award for the Broadway musical I'm now working on. Aside from these, my aspirations are modest ones.”

Winning Musical Aspiration Prize Awards Modest Broadway Nobel Nobel Prize Broadway Musical

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“It seemed to me... that the only valid people to deal with crime were cops, and I would like to make the lead character, rather than a single person, a squad of cops.”

People Persons Character Deals Crime Cop Single Person Squad Lead Characters

Author:Ed McBain

“Its a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different.”

Different Matter Style Hunters

Author:Ed McBain

“Changing writing styles is like an actor taking on a different part.”

Writing Different Actors Style Writing Style

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“Readers are what it's all about, aren't they? If not, why am I writing?”

Ifs Writing Reader

Author:Ed McBain

“I know that all cops are not sterling characters. But you have to have someone to root for. I balance it with rotten cops who will take a bribe, who will beat somebody up.”

Knows Character Balance Beats Roots Cop Rotten Bribe Sterling

Author:Ed McBain

About the Author

Born: October 15, 1926
Died: July 6, 2005
Known for: Author
Quotes: 25

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