ABOUT
An American fiction writer and poet, he is best known for his crime novel series featuring the openly gay private eye, Dave Brandstetter. Under the pen name of Rose Brock, he also wrote a duo of gothic novels.He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym of James Colton (alt.: James Coulton).He and Dorothy Parker both contributed to The New Yorker.
BEFORE FAMEHe published his first poem in The New Yorker in 1952. Two decades later, he published his first Dave Brandstetter novel, Fadeout.
PERSONAL LIFEHe was gay and had several long-term male lovers while he was married to his lesbian wife, Jane Bancroft. In 1943, he and Bancroft had one daughter together.
FUN FACTSNovelist Joseph Hansen were born on Thursday, birthstone is Ruby, the seaon was Summer in the Chinese year of Pig, it is 196 days until Joseph Hansen next birthday.