Maltese Falcon Society Maltese Falcon Society The Maltese Falcon Society is an organization for admirers of Dashiell Hammett, his novel "The Maltese Falcon," and hardboiled mystery books and writers in general. Founded in San Francisco in 1981, the organization is no longer active in the United States; however, a chapter in Japan has been active continuously since 1982. The Japanese branch of the society presents the Falcon Award, Japan's highest honor in the mystery field, to honor the best hardboiled mystery novel published in Japan. The Maltese Falcon Society was founded in San Francisco on May 20, 1981 by literary historian and biographer
The Falcon (character) The Falcon (character) "Drexel Drake" (a pseudonym of Charles H. Huff) created Michael Waring, alias the Falcon, a free-lance investigator and troubleshooter, in his 1936 novel, "The Falcon's Prey". It was followed by two more novels ("The Falcon Cuts In", 1937 and "The Falcon Meets a Lady", 1938) and a 1938 short story. Gay Stanhope Falcon is a fictional character created in 1940 by Michael Arlen. This Falcon made his first appearance in Arlen's short story "Gay Falcon", which was first published in 1940 in "Town & Country" magazine. Falcon is characterized as a freelance adventurer and troubleshooter - a