Erle Stanley Gardner Writer

Erle Stanley Gardner (July 17, 1889 – March 11, 1970) was an American lawyer and author. Though best known for the Perry Mason series of detective stories, he wrote numerous other novels and shorter pieces, as well as a series of non-fiction books, mostly narrations of his travels through Baja California and other regions in Mexico. The best-selling American author of the twentieth century at the time of his death, he also published under numerous pseudonyms, including A.A. Fair, Kyle Corning, Charles M. Green, Carleton Kendrake, Charles J. Kenny, Les Tillray and Robert Parr.

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Erle Stanley Gardner
Alias (AKA)Corning Kyle (pseudonym); Fair A. A. (pseudonym); Green Charles M. (pseudonym); Kendrake Carleton (pseudonym); Kenny Charles J. (pseudonym); Parr Robert (pseudonym); Tillray Les (pseudonym)
PseudonymKyle Corning A.A. Fair Charles M. Green Carleton Kendrake Charles J. Kenny Robert Parr Les Tillray
Birth dateJuly 17, 1889
Birth place
Malden Massachusetts
Date of deathMarch 11, 1970
Place of death
Temecula California
Education
Valparaiso University School of Law
Palo Alto High School

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