Peter J. McCurtin was born in Ireland on 15 October 1929, and immigrated to America when he was in his early twenties. Records also confirm that, in 1958, McCurtin co-edited the short-lived (one issue) New York Review with William Atkins. By the early 1960s, he was co-owner of a bookstore in Ogunquit, Maine, and often spent his summers there. His westerns in particular are distinguished by unusual plots with neatly resolved conclusions, well-drawn secondary characters, regular bursts of action and tight, smooth writing.
If you haven't already checked him out, you have quite a treat in store. McCurtin also wrote under the name of Jack Slade and Gene Curry.
If you haven't already checked him out, you have quite a treat in store. McCurtin also wrote under the name of Jack Slade and Gene Curry.
