Lawrence Sanders, Author Biographies

Most effective promoting American author, Lawrence Sanders was born on March 15, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York but grew up in the Midwest. He attended Wabash College in Indiana and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in journalism in 1940. Just after moving back to New York, Lawrence enlisted in the United States Marine Corp and served from 1943 to 1946.

Lawrence took a wide variety of jobs like writing and editing for many magazines, which includes Science and Mechanic. Various of his brief stories mysteries had been published in Swank Magazine in 1968-1969.

In 1970, at the age of 50, Lawrence Sanders initial novel, The Anderson Tapes, was published and won The Edgar Award for Most effective initially mystery novel. This award is a extremely coveted and the most prestigious award offered out by the Mystery Writers Association.

Lawrence Sanders went on to write fiction complete time. With the Anderson Tapes, we are introduced to Edward X. Delaney, a difficult New York Investigator. Other Lawrence Sanders series characters are Archy McNally, Timothy Cone and Peter Tangent. Then there are the Commandment protagonists, Dora Conti, Samuel Todd and Joshua Bigg.

In addition to his series, Mr. Sanders wrote 15 stand alone novels prior to publishing his memoirs, The Sins of Lawrence Sanders in 1984.

Lawrence Sanders died in Pompano Beach, Florida on February 7, 1998. There was some controversy regarding his Archy McNally Series. Who really wrote the very first books? Did Sanders and Vincent Lardo write the books with each other? Was Vincent Lardo the accurate author? Or, was he (as claimed) commissioned by Lawrence Sanderís estate to continue the writing.

Bibliography:

Series:

Edward S. Delaney
The Anderson Tapes (1970)
The 1st Deadly Sin (1973)
The Second Everyday Sin (1973)
The Third Deadly Sin (1981)
The Fourth Deadly Sin (1985)
Peter Tangent
The Tangent Aspect (1976)
The Tangent Objective (1976)

Commandment

The Sixth Commandment (1978)
The Tenth Commandment (1980)
The Eighth Commandment (1986)
The Seventh Commandment (1991)

Timothy Cone

The Timothy Files (1987)
Timothyís Game (1988)

Archy McNally

McNallyís Secret (1991)
McNallyís Luck (1992)
McNallyís Danger (1993) (With Vincent Lardo)
McNallyís Caper (1994)
McNallyís Trial (1995)
McNallyís Puzzle (6)
McNallyís Gamble (1997) (With Vincent Lardo)
McNallyís Dilemma (1999) (With Vincent Lardo)
McNallyís Folly (2000) (With Vincent Lardo)
McNallyís Opportunity (2001) (With Vincent Lardo)
McNallyís Alibi (2002) (With Vincent Lardo)
McNallyís Dare (2003) (With Vincent Lardo)
McNallyís Bluff (2004) (With Vincent Lardo)
McNallyís Files (Novella) (2006)

Novels

The Pleasures of Helen (1971)
Really like Songs (1972)
The Tomorrow File (1975)
The Marlow Chronicles (1977)
Caper (1980) (written as Leslie Andress)
The Dark Summer time (1980) (written as Mark Upton)
The Case of Lucy Bending (1982)
The Seduction of Peter S. (1983)
The Passion of Molly T. (1984)
The Loves of Harry Dancer (1985)
The Dream Lover (1986)
Tales of the Wolf (1986)
Capital Crimes (1989)
Stolen Blessings (1990)
Sullivanís Sting (1990)
Private Pleasures (1993)
Guilty Pleasures (1998)
Non Fiction
The Sins of Lawrence Sanders (1984)

Quick Stories:

Published in Swank Magazine
Manhattan Immediately after Dark
The Rogue Man
The Bloody Triangle
The Man Who Did not Come Back
The Lady in the Lake
The String of Blues
The Case of the Purloined Princess
Death of a Model
The Girl in the Workplace
The Curse of the Upper Classes
The Ice Gang
An Introduction to Murder
The Case of the Missing Nude

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