Nick and Nora Charles the bantering, romantically involved detective duo has become a well-used trope in literature, stage, screen, and television ever since. The characters first appear in Dashiell Hammett's best-selling last novel "The Thin Man" (1934). Nick is an alcoholic former private detective who retired when he married Nora, a wealthy Nob Hill heiress. Hammett reportedly modeled Nora on his longtime partner Lillian Hellman, and the characters' boozy, flippant dialogue on their relationship. (The novel also mentions that Nick was once a Pinkerton detective, as was Hammett.) The novel is considered one of the seminal texts of the hard-boiled subgenre of mystery novels,
Nick Cuti Glover. He is presently working on a young adult series of "Starflake" titled "Starflake, Deep Space Ranger". Cuti was twice awarded Warren’s Ray Bradbury Award for writing. In 2009, Cuti was awarded the Inkpot Award for career achievement and was given the award at the San Diego Comic-Con International. Nick Cuti Nicola Cuti (born October 29, 1944), known as Nick Cuti, is an American artist and comic book writer-editor, science-fiction novelist; he was the co-creator of "E-Man" (with artist Joe Staton) and Moonchild, Captain Cosmos, and Starflake the Cosmic Sprite. He has also worked as an animation background designer, magazine