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Lawrence Block

American crime writer

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Born 24 June 1938

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  • Cover of: Isaac Asimov presents the great SF stories #21 (1959)

    First published in 1990 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print

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  • Cover of: One night stands: and, Lost weekends

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  • Cover of: Alfred Hitchcock's tales to send chills down your spine.

    First published in 1980 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Gangsters, swindlers, killers, and thieves: the lives and crimes of fifty American villains

    Cover of edition gangstersswindle00lawr First published in 2004 — 2 editions
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    First published in 2016 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: USA Noir: Best of the Akashic noir series

    First published in 2013 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Not comin' home to you

    First published in 1974 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Such men are dangerous: a novel of violence

    First published in 1969 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The triumph of evil

    First published in 1971 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Make out with murder

    First published in 1974 — 1 edition
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    First published in 2018 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: FIVE GREAT NOVELS: COWARD'S KISS; GRIFTER'S GAME; YOU COULD CALL IT MURDER; THE GIRL WITH THE LONG GREEN HEART; DEADLY HONEYMOON

    First published in 2005 — 1 edition
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    First published in 2007 — 1 edition
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Born 24 June 1938

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled, Large type books, Detective and mystery stories, Private investigators, fiction, Scudder, matt (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, erotica, general, Mystery, Private investigators, American Detective and mystery stories, Matt Scudder (Fictitious character), Fiction, general, Criminals, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, thrillers, general, Rhodenbarr, bernie (fictitious character), fiction, Murder, Suspense, Bernie Rhodenbarr (Fictitious character), Tanner, evan (fictitious character), fiction, Thieves, Assassins

Places

New York (N.Y.), New York, New York (State), United States, Afghanistan, London, Paris, Africa, Angleterre, Baker Street, Burma, Canada, Chicago (Ill.), Czechoslovakia, England, Florida, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Manhattan, Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Mexican-American Border Region, New England, New Jersey, New York (État), New York City, Rangoon (Burma)

People

C. Auguste Dupin, John H. Watson, Lawrence Block, Minister D—, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Sherlock Holmes, Archie, Cindy Morrison, Duncan Ross, Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Hugh Boone, Isa Whitney, Jabez Wilson, Jimmy McCann, John Clay, Kate Whitney, Matt Scudder (Fictitious character), Mr. Merryweather, Neville St. Clair, Paula, Police Inspector Jones, Richard Morrison, Scott Staley, Victor Donatti, Vincent Spaulding

Time

1945- ..., 1890, 1975, 2001, 2002, 20e s., 20e siècle, 20th century, 21st century

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Alternative names

  • LAWRENCE BLOCK
  • Paul Kavanagh
  • BLOCK.
  • Lesley Evans
  • Jill Emerson
  • Sheldon Lord
  • Anne Campbell Clark
  • Ben Christopher
  • Lee Duncan
  • Andrew Shaw
  • Block Lawrence
  • lawrence Block (Ed.)
  • Bu luo ke (Block, Lawrence)
  • Lawrence Block (Editor)
  • Lawrence. Block
  • Chip Harrison

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December 16, 2023 Edited by kathrinpassig removed erroneous description (result of author merge)
December 16, 2023 Edited by kathrinpassig merge authors
December 16, 2023 Edited by kathrinpassig merge authors
December 16, 2023 Edited by kathrinpassig added date of birth (source: Wikipedia)
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import