Raymond Chandler
Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. Chandler had an immense stylistic influence on American popular literature. He is a founder of the hardboiled school of detective fiction, along with Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain and other Black Mask writers. The protagonist of his novels, Philip Marlowe, like Hammett's Sam Spade, is considered by some to be synonymous with "private detective".
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- 1888-07-23 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- 1959-03-26
Known for
- Double Indemnity (1944) — Man Reading Book (uncredited)
- Strangers on a Train (1951) — Screenplay
- The Big Sleep (1946) — Novel
- The Long Goodbye (1973) — Novel
- Marlowe (2023) — Characters
- Murder, My Sweet (1944) — Novel
- Farewell, My Lovely (1975) — Novel
- The Blue Dahlia (1946) — Screenplay
- Lady in the Lake (1946) — Novel
- The Big Sleep (1978) — Novel
- Marlowe (1969) — Novel
- The Brasher Doubloon (1947) — Novel
- Morning Patrol (1987) — Novel
- The Falcon Takes Over (1942) — Novel
- Poodle Springs (1998) — Novel
- The Unseen (1945) — Screenplay