Joseph F. Dinneen
Joseph Francis Dinneen was a crime reporter for The Boston Globe. He wrote several books and articles, many of which were adapted for film.
Books
Yankee Fighter: The Story of an American in the Free French Foreign Legion, co-authored with John F. "Jack" Hasey- The Purple Shamrock, a biography of James Michael Curley
- Underworld U.S.A, the story of a growth of a criminal empire
- Ward Eight
- The Anatomy of a Crime, early book on Great Brink's robbery
- The Great Brinks Holdup, co-authored with Sid Feder