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Ed Lacy

Leonard "Len" S. Zinberg

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2026-07-22

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Also known as
Leonard "Len" S. Zinberg
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Who is this?

Ed Lacy (August 25, 1911 - January 7, 1968), born Leonard S. Zinberg, was an American writer of crime and detective fiction. Lacy, who was Jewish American, is credited with creating "the first credible African American PI" character in fiction, Toussaint "Touie" Marcus Moore. Room to Swing, his 1957 novel that introduced Touie Moore, received the 1958 Edgar Award for Best Novel.

Career

  1. 1911
    Born
  2. 1958
    Won Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel
  3. 1968
    Passed away

Trivia

  • •Place of birth: New York City
  • •Citizenship: United States
  • •Known as: novelist, writer

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1/30/2026

Ardith Wiley Lacy Obituary (2026) - Gulfport, MS - Riemann Family Funeral Homes

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1/20/2025

Ed Lacy of Petra to Attend KnowledgeFest Las Vegas

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8/20/2023

Edward Lacy Obituary (2023) - Richmond, VA - Richmond Times

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8/19/2023

Obituary information for Edward "Ed" Thomas Lacy - Bliley's Funeral Home

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4/13/2023

Edward "Ed" Lacy Spivey, Jr. Obituary Apr 13, 2023

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11/4/2022

On Ed Lacy’s Room to Swing and Early Representation of Black Sleuths in Crime Fiction

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10/13/2022

Crime Classics: Ed Lacy’s Edgar Award-Winning “Room to Swing” - Library of Congress (.gov)

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3/8/2022

Evangelist Carl Edward Lacy Jr. dies Feb. 27

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2/27/2022

Carl Lacy Obituary - Mobile, AL

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10/14/2021

Edward Lacy Obituary (2006) - VA, Virginia

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2/1/2019

The Edgar Awards Revisited: Room to Swing by Ed Lacy (Best Novel; 1958)

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1/7/2013

The Masquerade of Leonard Zinberg, the Communist Who Was Also the 1950s Crime Novelist Ed Lacy

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