Guy Endore was born Samuel Goldstein in New York City. His father was a coal miner, inventor, and investor from Pittsburgh who often had difficulty making ends meet. His mother committed suicide when he was four, and after her death his father changed the family's names and placed the children in a Methodist orphanage. When his father made some money with one of his inventions, he sent the children to Vienna, where they lived for five years under the care of a Catholic governess. Then his father disappeared, the money ran out, and he returned to Pittsburgh. He went to Columbia University and received a B.A. in 1923 and an M.A. in 1925, both in European languages. After graduating, he married Henrietta Portugal. His first book, Casanova: His Known and Unknown Life, was published in 1929. He and his wife moved to Hollywood, California, and in 1935 he became a screenwriter in addition to writing novels. He gained a reputation for his work on horror films.
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The werewolf of Paris
4 editions - first published in 1933 -
Casanova
4 editions - first published in 1929 -
King of Paris
3 editions - first published in 1956 DAISY -
Casanova the World's Greatest Lover
2 editions - first published in 2005 -
The sword of God
2 editions - first published in 1932 -
Babouk
2 editions - first published in 1934 -
Casanova, 1725-1798
1 edition - first published in 1934 -
The crime at Scottsboro
1 edition - first published in 1938 -
Detour at night
1 edition - first published in 1959 -
The man from limbo
1 edition - first published in 1930 -
The sword of God: Jeanne d'Arc
1 edition - first published in 1931 -
Synanon
1 edition - first published in 1968 -
The Sleepy Lagoon mystery
1 edition - first published in 1972 -
Satan's saint
1 edition - first published in 1965 -
Voltaire! Voltaire!
1 edition - first published in 1961 -
Methinks the lady ..
1 edition - first published in 1945 Borrow
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History Created April 1, 2008 · 4 revisions
| April 12, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Added photos to author pages. |
| January 14, 2009 | Edited by caf21 | Added pseudonym, added personal name, added fuller name, added to birth date, added to death date, added wikipedia link, added bio, added photo |
| August 29, 2008 | Edited by RenameBot | fix author name |
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