Mike Quin

Mike Quin
BornPaul William Ryan
July 1906
San Francisco, California
DiedAugust 14, 1947
San Francisco, California
Pen nameMike Quin, Robert Finnegan
Occupationpro-labor journalist and novelist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
SubjectCommunism
Literary movementCommunist Party of the USA
Years active1930s-1940s
Notable worksNew Masses and People's World contributions, The Big Strike (1949)

"Mike Quin" (1906–1947) was the CPUSA pen name of an American writer, born Paul William Ryan, who also used the second pen name "Robert Finnegan," best known for his posthumous book The Big Strike (1949) about the 1934 West Coast waterfront strike.