Horace McCoy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Horace McCoy

American writer

Date of Birth: 14-Apr-1897

Place of Birth: Pegram, Tennessee, United States

Date of Death: 15-Dec-1955

Profession: screenwriter, writer, author, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Horace McCoy (April 14, 1897 – December 15, 1955) was an American writer whose hardboiled novels took place during the Great Depression.
His best-known novel is They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1935), which was made into a movie of the same name in 1969, fourteen years after McCoy's death.