On his return to the United States he continued working as a journalist, writing editorials for the New York World and articles for American Mercury. He was drafted into the United States Army and spent the final year of World War I in France writing for an Army magazine. Cain served as president, in 1910, he began working as a journalist for The Baltimore Sun. He inherited his love for music from his mother, but his high hopes of starting a career as a singer himself were thwarted when she told him that his voice was not good enough.Īfter graduating from Washington College where his father, James W. He was born into an Irish Catholic family in Annapolis, Maryland, the son of a prominent educator and an opera singer. Although Cain himself vehemently opposed labeling, he is usually associated with the hard-boiled school of American crime fiction and seen as one of the creators of the 'roman noir.' James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892–October 27, 1977) was an American journalist and novelist.

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