Biography
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Born
23 July 1888
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Born In
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
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Died
26 March 1959 (aged 70)
Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an Anglo-American novelist and screenwriter who had an immense stylistic influence upon the modern private detective story, especially in the style of the writing and the attitudes now characteristic of the genre.
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