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Raymond Chandler | |
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| Born | July 23, 1888 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Died | March 26, 1959 (aged 70) La Jolla, California, United States |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American (1888–1907, 1956–59) British (1907–56) |
| Period | 1933–59 |
| Genre | crime fiction, suspense, hardboiled |
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Raymond Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American novelist and a screenwriter. He was born in Chicago. He became a detective fiction writer after he lost a position as an oil executive.
His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in 1933 in Black Mask, a popular pulp magazine. His first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. In addition to his short stories, Chandler published just seven novels during his lifetime. In the year before he died, he was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America. He died on March 26, 1959, in La Jolla, California.[1]
- ↑ Chandler, Raymond (1950). Trouble is My Business, Vintage Books a division of Random House, Inc., 1988 pp. "About the Author"