Education
Saint John"s College; University of Pittsburgh.
Saint John"s College; University of Pittsburgh.
A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Fine worked in an advertising agency, a bookstore, and an aircraft factory before joining the Army Air Force in 1942. A graduate of Saint John"s College in Annapolis, Fine returned to school after his military service ended in 1944 and earned a master"s degree in English from the University of Pittsburgh. After an unprofitable stint writing for magazines, he moved to California and turned to writing for radio programs.
Fine wrote several nationally-broadcast radio shows in collaboration with David Friedkin, including Broadway Is My Beat and Crime Classics.