Erle Stanley Gardner | |
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 Gardner in 1966 | |
| Born | July 17, 1889 Malden, Massachusetts, U.S.[1] |
| Died | March 11, 1970 (aged 80) Temecula, California, U.S. |
| Pen name | A. A. Fair, Carl Franklin Ruth, Carleton Kendrake, Charles M. Green, Charles J. Kenny, Della Street, Edward Leaming, Grant Holiday, Kyle Corning, Les Tillray, Robert Parr, Stephen Caldwell |
| Occupation | Lawyer, writer |
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| Genre | Detective fiction, true crime, travel writing |
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| Spouse | Natalie Frances Talbert
(m. 1912; died 1968)Agnes Jean Bethell (m. 1968) |
| Children | 1 |
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Erle Stanley Gardner (July 17, 1889 – March 11, 1970) was an American author and lawyer, best known for the Perry Mason series of legal detective stories. Gardner also wrote numerous other novels and shorter pieces as well as a series of nonfiction books, mostly narrations of his travels through Baja California and other regions in Mexico.
The best-selling American author of the 20th century at the time of his death, Gardner also published under numerous pseudonyms, including A. A. Fair, Carl Franklin Ruth, Carleton Kendrake, Charles M. Green, Charles J. Kenny, Edward Leaming, Grant Holiday, Kyle Corning, Les Tillray, Robert Parr, Stephen Caldwell, and once as the Perry Mason character Della Street ("The Case of the Suspect Sweethearts"). Three stories were published anonymously: "A Fair Trial", "Part Music and Part Tears", and "You Can't Run Away from Yourself", also known as "The Jazz Baby".
- ^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910". New England Historic Genealogical Society. Archived from the original on August 1, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2010.