Raymond Chandler

  • Known for: Writer
  • Date of birth: 1888. July 23.
  • Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. Chandler had an immense stylistic influence on American popular literature. He is a founder of the hardboiled school of detective fiction, along with Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain and ot...

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