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Place of Birth: Bærum, Akershus, Norway
About Kjell Hallbing
- Kjell Hallbing (5 November 1934, in Bærum – 6 May 2004, in Tønsberg) was a Norwegian author of Western books. Under the pseudonym Louis Masterson, he wrote a series of books about the fictitious Texas Ranger (and later U.S.
- Marshal) Morgan Kane during 1966–1978.
- The 83 Morgan Kane books have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.
- Masterson's books El Gringo and El Gringo's Revenge will be the basis of a Hollywood movie in 2017. He has also written another nine-book series known as the Diablo- and Diablito books. Earlier in his career Hallbing used the pseudonyms Ward Cameron, Leo Manning, Lee Morgan and Colin Hawkins.
- His debut, Ubåt-kontakt, was released in 1961, written under his real name.
- The same year he released his first book set in the old West, Portrett av en revolvermann ("Portrait of a Gunslinger").
- In addition Kjell Hallbing was an avid weapons collector, resulting in his collection being one of the largest privately owned weapons collections in Norway at the time of his death.
- He also owned a little house at Bolkesjø, where he actually wrote most of the books in the Morgan Kane series. Other "heroes" Hallbing/Masterson wrote about included Jesse Rawlins, Owen Metzgar and Clay Allison. Before he started to write full-time in 1969, Hallbing worked as a bank employee.
- He is buried at Oslo Western Civil Cemetery.
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