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Best-selling 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’s degree in journalism in 1940. After returning to New York, Lawrence enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served from 1943 to 1946.

Lawrence took a variety of jobs, including writing and editing for various magazines, including Science and Mechanic. Several of his mystery stories were published in Swank magazine in 1968-1969.

In 1970, at the age of 50, Lawrence Sanders’ first novel, The Anderson Tapes, was published and won the Edgar Award for best first mystery novel. This award is highly coveted and the most prestigious award given by the Mystery Writers Association.

Lawrence Sanders went on to write fiction full time. With the Anderson tapes, we are introduced to Edward X. Delaney, a tough investigator from New York. Other characters in the Lawrence Sanders series include Archy McNally, Timothy Cone, and Peter Tangent. Then there are the leads from Commandment, Dora Conti, Samuel Todd and Joshua Bigg.

In addition to his series, Mr. Sanders wrote 15 stand-alone novels before publishing his memoir, 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 first books? Did Sanders and Vincent Lardo write the books together? Was Vicente Lardo the real author? Or, was he (as claimed) commissioned by the estate of Lawrence Sander to carry on the writing?

Bibliography:

Series:

Edward S Delaney
The Anderson Tapes (1970)
The First Deadly Sin (1973)
The Second Daily Sin (1973)
The Third Deadly Sin (1981)
The Fourth Deadly Sin (1985)
peter’s tangent
The Tangent Factor (1976)
The Tangent Target (1976)

commandment

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

Timothy Cone

The Timothy Files (1987)
Timothy’s Game (1988)

Archy McNally

McNally’s Secret (1991)
McNally’s Luck (1992)
McNallyis Risk (1993) (with Vincent Lardo)
The McNallyis Caper (1994)
McNallyis Trial (1995)
McNallyis puzzles (6)
McNallyis Gamble (1997) (with Vincent Lardo)
The McNallyis Dilemma (1999) (with Vincent Lardo)
The Madness of McNallyis (2000) (with Vincent Lardo)
McNallyis Chance (2001) (with Vincent Lardo)
The McNallyis Alibi (2002) (with Vincent Lardo)
McNallyis Dare (2003) (with Vincent Lardo)
McNallyis Bluff (2004) (with Vincent Lardo)
McNallyis Files (novel) (2006)

novels

The Pleasures of Helen (1971)
Love Songs (1972)
The File of Tomorrow (1975)
The Marlow Chronicles (1977)
Caper (1980) (written as Leslie Andress)
The Dark Summer (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)
Wolf Tales (1986)
Capital Crimes (1989)
Stolen Blessings (1990)
The Sullivanis Sting (1990)
Private Pleasures (1993)
Guilty Pleasures (1998)
non-fiction
The Sins of Lawrence Sanders (1984)

short stories:

Published in Swank Magazine
Manhattan after dark
the rogue man
the bloody triangle
The man who didn’t come back
The woman in the lake
the blues rope
The Case of the Stolen Princess
death of a model
the girl in the office
The curse of the upper classes
the ice gang
An introduction to murder
The case of the missing nude

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