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Lawrence Block | |
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Born | Buffalo, New York, U.S. | June 24, 1938
Pen name | Chip Harrison, Paul Kavanagh, Lee Duncan, Sheldon Lord, others |
Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
Period | 1958–present |
Genre | Crime fiction, mystery fiction |
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Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York-set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. Block was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1994. Block has written in the genres of crime, mystery, and suspense fiction for more than half a century, releasing over 100 books.[1]