Inferiority Complex

by Evan Hunter

Short story , later re-written as Runaway,

Paperback

Published May 1, 1955

About the author

Better known by his pseudonym Ed McBain.

Born Salvatore Albert Lombino, he legally adopted the name Evan Hunter in 1952. While successful and well known as Evan Hunter, he was even better known as Ed McBain, a name he used for most of his crime fiction, beginning in 1956.