Raymond Chandler
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Born in Chicago, raised in Nebraska and educated at Dulwich College in England, Chandler left a civil-service job for journalism, then, after losing an oil-company position in the Depression, turned to fiction. His first short story appeared in Black Mask in 1933 and his debut novel, The Big Sleep, arrived in 1939; over his career he wrote seven novels, all but Playback adapted for the screen, man…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
