Lee Server (May 27, 1953 – December 28, 2021) was an American writer. He was a graduate of New York University Film School.^[1] Server wrote several books about Hollywood cinema and pulp fiction. His book on Ava Gardner, Love is Nothing (2006) was described as an "excellent biography" by Peter Bogdanovich.^[2] On March 20, 2019, Server joined George Noory on the Coast to Coast radio program to discuss his most recent book, Handsome Johnny: The Life and Death of Johnny Rosselli: Gentleman Gangster, Hollywood Producer, CIA Assassin. ^[3]

Personal life

Lee Server was born on May 27, 1953, in Springfield, Massachusetts.^[4] He was married to Terri Hardin.^[5] Server died on December 28, 2021, in Palm Springs, California, at the age of 68.^[4][5]

Books

• Handsome Johnny: The Life and Death of Johnny Rosselli: Gentleman Gangster, Hollywood Producer, CIA Assassin (2018)
• Ava Gardner: "Love is Nothing" (2006)
• Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers (2002)
• Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care" (2001)
• Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers (2001)
• Asian Pop Cinema: Bombay to Tokyo (1999)
• The Big Book of Noir (1998)
• Over My Dead Body: The Sensational Age of the American Paperback: 1945-1955 (1994)
• Sam Fuller: Film is a Battleground: A Critical Study, with Interviews, A Filmography, and a Bibliography (1994)
• Danger is My Business: An Illustrated History of the Fabulous Pulp Magazines: 1896-1953 (1993)
• Screenwriter: Words Become Pictures (1987)