Frank O'Rourke (writer)

Frank O'Rourke (October 16, 1916 – April 27, 1989) was an American writer known for western and mystery novels and sports fiction.

A very talented amateur baseball player, he considered trying out for a professional team, but was called up for service in World War II.

By the end of the war he had decided to become a writer; his first novel was E Company (1945), based in part on his wartime experiences.

In the book O'Rourke named a fictional war correspondent Max Hastings after him.

A long-time sufferer of bronchial asthma, and made even more ill by the large doses of steroids he was required to take for control of the ailment, he committed suicide on April 27, 1989.