Frank O'Rourke

(1916-1989) lived at Hoskins, Wayne County. Novelist, published over 60 books on mysteries, sports, and Westerns during a 40-year career, specialized in caper novels and traditional Westerns, two of which formed basis for films: The Great Bank Robbery (1961) and A Mule for the Marquessa (1964), the latter titled The Professionals, starring Burt Lancaster and Lee Marvin; also contributed to major periodicals such as Ladies Home Journal; recipient of award in 1959 for Far Mountains. Consult Contemporary Authors, Vol 118 (Gale, 1986) 361-364 and New York Times obituary, May 5, 1989, p. D-17 and Twentieth Century Western Writers, 2nd ed (St. James Press, 1991) 508-509 and Contemporary Authors-New Revision Series, Vol 65 (Gale, 1998) 188-190.

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