Lawrence Block
Sign in to saveAlso known as Chip Harrison, Paul Kavanagh, Lee Duncan, Sheldon Lord
American writer
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 24 June 1938
- Works
- 503
Top works
- Great Tales of Crime and Detection
- The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime
- Insomnies en noir
- Inherit the dead
- Manhattan Noir
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Film & TV
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an acclaimed contemporary American crime writer best known for two long-running New York-set series, about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, respectively. Block was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1993. Description above from the…
Known for
- The Detectives Lover — Detective2012
- Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane — Self1998
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 128
- Total plays
- 3,858
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lawrence
- Family name
- Block
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Buffalo
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Shamus Award
- Official website
- lawrenceblock.com
- Image
- Lawrence Block 2008.jpeg
- Residence
- New York City
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- influenced by
- Dashiell Hammett
- date of birth
- 1938-06-24
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- Commons category
- Lawrence Block
- writing language
- English language
- pseudonym
- Anne Campbell Clarke
Sources (7)
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