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Profile of Lawrence Sanders
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Lawrence Sanders |
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15th March 1920 |
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New York, New York, USA |
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Lawrence Sanders (March 15, 1920 – February 7, 1998) was an American novelist.
He was the author of over forty books, including The Anderson Tapes (1970), The First Deadly Sin, and a series of mysteries written about a Palm Beach, FL, private investigator named Archy McNally. Both The Anderson Tapes and The First Deadly Sin were made into movies.
Sanders wrote his first novel, the Anderson Tapes in 1970 at the age of 50. It deals with a plot by a group of criminals to rob a luxury apartment building. In 1971, Sanders received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for best first novel.
Reference
"Lawrence Saunders," Contemporary Authors, 5 September 2003. Literature Resource Center, Gale (13 February 2004).
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