Irving Wallace
Irving Wallace (March 19, 1916 – June 29, 1990) was an American best-selling author and screenwriter. Wallace was known for his heavily researched novels, many with a sexual theme. One critic[who?] described him as "the most successful of all the many exponents of junk fiction perhaps because he took it all so seriously, not to say lugubriously". [better source needed] Wallace was a blue-collar writer who wrote for a blue-collar audience. Most critics were scornful of his novels' flat prose and pedestrian characters. [better source needed] Wallace's name is not to be found in directories of writers but he possessed the skill to entertain millions and he was seldom pretentious about it. [better source needed]