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Bronx, New York born Eleazar Lipsky (1911- February 14, 1993) was a prosecutor, lawyer, novelist and playwright. He wrote two very successful films, Kiss of Death (based on a 100-page manuscript) and The People Against O'Hara (based on his detective novel). He also wrote magazine stories, one of which was filmed as Ready for the People.
Lipsky, who practiced law until three weeks before his death, was an assistant district attorney for Manhattan in the 1940's and later had a diversified law practice in Manhattan and served as legal counsel to the Mystery Writers of America. Lipsky was active in many Jewish organizations.
Lipsky also wrote Frontier Lawyer (1961) with Robert L Silverberg under the joint pseudonym of Lawrence L Blaine.
Bibliography
The People Against O'Hara
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