
Probably other series that I’m forgetting at the moment. He also wrote novels for THE GIRL FROM U.N.C.L.E., THE FELONY SQUAD, HAWAII FIVE-0, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, MANNIX, THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY (some of Avallone’s best-selling books, in fact, were Partridge Family novels), and The first Avallone novel I ever read, in fact, was a TV tie-in: THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. Max Allan Collins probably has that title today, but in the Sixties it was Michael Avallone who turned out more tie-in novels (and movie novelizations) than anybody else. Here’s a sampling of the what’s being said.Īll this makes me think of the original King of the TV Tie-in Novel. The tie-in talk here and on other blogs has blossomed into several discussions and remembrances of the late Michael Avallone, author of many tie-ins as well as the Ed Noon detective novels.
