Carroll John Daly

Carroll John Daly (September 14, 1889 – January 16, 1958) was an American writer of crime fiction. Daly wrote the first hard-boiled crime story, "The False Burton Combs," published in Black Mask magazine in December 1922. Daly's best known character, private detective Race Williams, first appeared in "Knights of the Open Palm," published in the June 1, 1923, issue of Black Mask. In addition to Black Mask, Daly also wrote for other pulp magazines, including Detective Fiction Weekly and Dime Detective. A Carroll John Daly bibliography is available at: http://rraymond.narod.ru/daly-bib.htm