This article is about the writer. For the American football player, see
Eddie Lacy. For the basketball player, see
Edgar Lacy.
Ed Lacy (August 25, 1911 - January 7, 1968), born Leonard S. Zinberg, was an American writer of
crime and
detective fiction. Lacy, who was
Jewish American, is credited with creating "the first credible African American
PI" character in fiction, Toussaint "Touie" Marcus Moore.[1]Room to Swing, his 1957 novel that introduced Touie Moore, received the 1958
Edgar Award for Best Novel.