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Erle Stanley Gardner
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kyle Corning, A.A. Fair, Charles M. Green, Carleton Kendrake, Charles J. Kenny, Robert Parr, Les Tillray, Della Street
American writer and lawyer (1889–1970)
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Malden, Massachusetts, USA
A writer was born in the city of Malden, Massachusetts, graduated from the Palo Alto High School in 1909 and entered the Valparaiso University School of Law in Indiana; passed the examination of the state commission for the title of lawyer in 1911. In 1917 Gardner opens an attorney's office in Merced, California. A few years later, he moved to work in a sales agency, and five years later, in…
Known for
- Perry Mason — Judge Two (uncredited)1957
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1889-07-17 ) July 17, 1889, Malden, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Died
- March 11, 1970 (1970-03-11) (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
- Education
- Palo Alto High School (1909) Valparaiso University School of Law (1 month)
- Genre
- Detective fiction, true crime, travel writing
- Notable works
- Perry Mason Cool and Lam Doug Selby
- Notable awards
- Grand Master Award, Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award
- Spouse
- Natalie Frances Talbert ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1912 ; died 1968 ) Agnes Jean Bethell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1968 )
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stanley
- Family name
- Gardner
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Malden
- Place of death
- Temecula
- Occupation
- jurist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Perry Mason
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- Erle Stanley Gardner.png
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- 1889-07-17
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- 1970-03-12
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- Erle Stanley Gardner
- writing language
- English language
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- Harry Ransom Center
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Encyclopedic overview
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".
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