Trivia

Wrote to Time Magazine in 1975, denying he was in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

Became friends with William F. Buckley while serving as Buckley's CIA superior when the two were stationed in Mexico City. Buckley even became godfather to three of Hunt's children. The two friends later became estranged following Hunt's participation in the Watergate burglary.

Is portrayed by Ed Harris in Nixon (1995).

Published nearly 50 spy novels and detective novels during his life, beginning in the early 1940s and ending in 2000 when he retired from writing.

As a novelist, Hunt was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1946 (beating out Gore Vidal and Truman Capote that year). Hunt used the award money to move to Mexico and write his novel "Stranger in Town.".