Erle Stanley Gardner
A writer was born in the city of Malden, Massachusetts, graduated from the Palo Alto High School in 1909 and entered the Valparaiso University School of Law in Indiana; passed the examination of the state commission for the title of lawyer in 1911. In 1917 Gardner opens an attorney's office in Merced, California. A few years later, he moved to work in a sales agency, and five years later, in 1921, he opened a law firm, Sheridan, Orr, Drapo and Gardner, in Ventura, California. Gardner is gaining popularity with vivid presentations at court trials until 1933, but after the release of his first detective novel "The Case of Velvet Claws," it is decided to devote himself to the literature entirely. Gardner in 1946 founded and until the 1960s was one of the members of the committee "The Court of Last Hope," a human rights organization to review the death sentences. For a documentary about this organization, he was awarded the Edgar Poe Award of the American Association of Detective Writers in 1962 in the Grand Master nomination. Gardner also deserves to attract public attention (by publishing an article in the magazine "Life" in 1962) to the rock carvings of Lower California, some of which were later listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. In addition, in 1968, together with Charles Hapgood, Gardner participated in the research of the so-called Akambaro figurines later unequivocally recognized as counterfeits of the 20th century. In 1968, Gardner married his longtime secretary Agnes Bethel (1902-2002), who became the prototype of Della Street, the secretary of the main literary hero Gardner, the lawyer of Perry Mason.
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Movies (42)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
1995 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
1994 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
1993 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss
1993 · Novel
Gladiator for Rent
1993 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host
1993 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride
1992 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo
1992 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing
1992 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion
1991 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
1991 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
1991 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless Reporter
1991 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
1990 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
1990 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
1990 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin
1989 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
1989 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson
1989 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
1988 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
1988 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
1987 · Characters
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
1987 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
1987 · Characters
All Against One
1987 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
1987 · Novel
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
1986 · Characters
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun
1986 · Novel
Perry Mason Returns
1985 · Novel
They Call It Murder
1971 · Novel
Cool and Lam
1958 · Characters
Granny Get Your Gun
1940 · Story, Novel
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937 · Story
The Case of the Black Cat
1936 · Story
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936 · Novel
Special Investigator
1936 · Story
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935 · Novel
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935 · Story
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934 · Story
