Raymond Chandler
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About the author
Born
Chicago, Illinois, 1888
Died
La Jolla, California, 1959
Publications
Novels, stories, screenplays
Genres
Crime, mystery, hardboiled detective fiction, suspense
Writing language
English
Place of writing
United States
Literature
• The Big Sleep (1939)
• The Long Goodbye (1953)
Novels
• The Big Sleep (1939)
• Farewell, My Lovely (1940)
• The Long Goodbye (1953)
Novel Series
• Philip Marlowe (1939–1958)
American Literature
• The Big Sleep (1939)
• Farewell, My Lovely (1940)
• The Long Goodbye (1953)
Adventure
• The Big Sleep (1939)
Crime and Mystery
• The Big Sleep (1939)
• Farewell, My Lovely (1940)
• The Long Goodbye (1953)
Crime and Mystery Series
• Philip Marlowe series (1939–1958)
Crime and Mystery Stories
• "Red Wind" (1938)
• "I'll Be Waiting" (1939)
Thrillers
• The Long Goodbye (1953)
Works published in book form
The Big Sleep, novel, 1939
Farewell, My Lovely, novel, 1940
The High Window, novel, 1942
The Lady in the Lake, novel, 1943
Five Murderers, five stories, 1944
"Blackmailers Don't Shoot", "Spanish Blood". "Guns at Cyrano's", "Goldfish", "Nevada Gas"
Five Sinister Characters, five stories, 1945
"Trouble Is My Business", "Pearls Are a Nuisance", "I'll Be Waiting", "The King in Yellow", "Red Wind"
The Finger Man and Other Stories, three stories and an essay, 1946
Stories "Finger Man", "The Smart-Aleck Kill", "The Bronze Door"; essay: "The Simple Art of Murder"
Spanish Blood, five stories, 1946
Previously published in Five Murderers and Five Sinister Characters
Red Wind, five stories, 1946
Previously published in Five Murderers and Five Sinister Characters
The Little Sister, novel, 1949
The Simple Art of Murder, twelve stories and an essay, 1950
"Pick-up on Noon Street", rest previously published in collections
Trouble is My Business, five stories, 1950
Previously published in collections
Pick-up on Noon Street, four stories, 1952
Previously published in collections
The Long Goodbye, novel, 1953
Smart-Aleck Kill, four stories, 1953
Previously published in collections
Playback, novel, 1958
Pearls Are a Nuisance, three stories and an essay, 1958
Previously published in collections
Raymond Chandler Speaking, letters, essays, fiction, 1962
Killer in the Rain, eight stories, 1964
"Killer in the Rain", "The Man Who Liked Dogs". "The Curtain", "Try the Girl", "Mandarin's Jade", "Bay City Blues", "The Lady in the Lake", "No Crime in the Mountains"
The Smell of Fear, fourteen stories, 1965
"The Pencil", rest previously published in collections
Chandler Before Marlowe: Raymond Chandler's Early Prose and Poetry, 1908–1912, prose and poetry, 1973
The Blue Dahlia, screenplay, 1976
Raymond Chandler's Unknown Thriller: The Screenplay of Playback, screenplay, 1985
Poodle Springs, novel, completed by Robert B. Parker, 1989
Later Novels and Other Writings, novels, stories, screenplays and essays, 1965
Screenplay: Double Indemnity
Raymond Chandler: Collected Stories, twenty-five stories, 2002
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The Big Sleep; Farewell, My Lovely; The High Window (Everyman's Library)
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