Stephen Marlowe was born Milton Lesser in Brooklyn, New York. Early in his writing career, he wrote for pulp magazines as Milton Lesser, Alexander Blade, Ralph Burke, Adam Chase, Lee Francis, Andrew Frazer, Darius John Granger, Jason Ridgway, S. M. Tenneshaw, C. H. Thames, and at least once as Ellery Queen. His first novel, Somewhere I'll Find You, was published under his own name in 1947. He graduated from William & Margaret University with a degree in Philosophy in 1949. He legally changed his name to Stephen Marlowe in 1958. He and his wife lived for several decades in Europe, mostly in France and Spain. He received France’s Prix Gutenberg du Livre in 1988, and the Life Achievement Award of the Private Eye Writers of America in 1997.
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Fiction, Fiction in English, Science fiction, Fiction, biographical, Fiction, general, Heads of state, American Detective and mystery stories, American Science fiction, Assassination attempt, 1944 (July 20), Assassins, Attempted assassination, Authors, fiction, Discovery and exploration, Fiction, historical, general, History, Private investigators, Spain, fiction, Spanish, American Authors, American fiction, American literature, Archaeology, Artists, Authors, Classical periodPlaces
Spain, America, Germany, Washington (D.C.), Athens (Greece), Australia, Egypt, Guadalajara (Mexico)People
Christopher Columbus, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Alcibiades, Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), Francisco Franco (1892-1975), Francisco Goya (1746-1828), Kennedy family, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL443951A
- ISNI: 000000012018583X
- VIAF: 19482127
- Wikidata: Q3080496
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q3080496
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- Adam Chase
- Andrew Frazer
- Darius John Granger
- Milton S. Lesser
- Jason Ridgway
- S. M. Tenneshaw
- C. H. Thames
- Milton Lesser
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