Lawrence Sanders

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Lawrence Sanders (born March 15, 1920 in Brooklyn , New York , † February 7, 1998 ) was an American journalist and writer . He wrote sporadically under the pseudonyms Mark Upton and Lesley Andress .

Life

After attending Brooklyn Public School, Sanders attended Wabash College in Crawfordsville , Indiana , and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts . Back in New York, Sanders worked at Macy’s department store and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1943 , where he served until 1946.

Sanders has worked as a journalist for over two decades and has contributed to magazines such as Mechanics Illustrated or Science and Mechanics . It was not until late that he devoted himself to his writing activities and in 1970, at the age of 50, wrote his first novel , The Anderson Tapes ( 11 pm, York Avenue) . This was awarded the Edgar Allan Poe Award by the Mystery Writers of America in 1971 as the best first novel and was filmed under the title The Anderson Clan with Sean Connery in the lead role.

Works

Edward X. Delaney series

  • 1970 The Anderson Tapes ( 11pm, York Avenue . Molden, Vienna 1971)
  • 1973 The First Deadly Sin (German. The first deadly sin . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1975)
  • 1977 The Second Deadly Sin (German. The second deadly sin . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1980)
  • 1981 The Third Deadly Sin (Eng. The third deadly sin . Blanvalet, Munich 1987)
  • 1985 The Fourth Deadly Sin (Eng. The fourth deadly sin . Blanvalet, Munich 1986)

Peter Tangent series

  • 1978 The Tangent Factor (Eng. The Tangent Conspiracy . Heyne, Munich 1984)
  • 1976 The Tangent Objective (German black gold, white greed . Heyne, Munich 1984)

Commandment series

  • 1979 The Sixth Commandment (German. The sixth commandment . C. Bertelsmann, Munich 1982)
  • 1980 The Tenth Commandment (German: The tenth commandment . C. Bertelsmann, Munich 1980)
  • 1986 The Eighth Commandment (Eng. The eighth commandment . Heyne, Munich 1987)
  • 1991 The Seventh Commandment (German: The Seventh Commandment . Goldmann, Munich 1992)

Archy McNally series

  • 1992 McNally's Secret (Ger. McNally's Secret . Goldmann, Munich 1994)
  • 1992 McNally's Luck (Ger. McNallys Glück . Goldmann, Munich 1995)
  • 1993 McNally's Risk
  • 1994 McNally's Caper (as Lesley Andress)
  • 1995 McNally's Trial
  • 1996 McNally's Puzzle
  • 1997 McNally's Gamble
  • 1999 McNally's Dilemma
  • 2000 McNally's Folly
  • 2001 McNally's Chance
  • 2002 McNally's alibi
  • 2003 McNally's Dare
  • 2004 McNally's Bluff

Collections

  • 1986 Tales of the Wolf: The Cases of Wolf Lannihan ( Eng . Der Lannihan-Coup . Heyne, Munich 1989)
  • 1987 The Timothy Files (German Blutzins . Goldmann, Munich 1990)
  • 1988 Timothy's Game (German blood game . Goldmann, Munich 1990)

Others

  • 1971 The Pleasures of Helen ( New York Lovers . Heyne, Munich 1990)
  • 1972 Love Songs (Eng. Love Songs . Heyne, Munich 1992)
  • 1975 The Tomorrow File (German: The Future Files . Heyne, Munich 1985)
  • 1977 The Marlow Chronicles (Eng. The Marlow Chronicle . Heyne, Munich 1984)
  • 1979 Dark Summer (as Mark Upton) ( Ger . Der Penlow Parl . Heyne, Munich 1988)
  • 1982 The Case of Lucy Bending (German Lucifer's daughter . Goldmann, Munich 1987)
  • 1983 The Seduction of Peter S (Eng. The seduction of Peter S. Goldmann, Munich 1987)
  • 1984 The Passion of Molly T (Eng. The Vice President . Blanvalet, Munich 1985)
  • 1986 The Loves of Harry Dancer (German Harry, Goodbye . Goldmann, Munich 1986)
  • 1987 The Dream Lover
  • 1989 Capital Crimes
  • 1989 Stolen Blessings
  • 1990 Sullivan's Sting
  • 1994 Private Pleasures
  • 1998 Guilty Pleasures

Movies

Web links

Remarks

  1. ^ Official website of Wabash College
  2. ↑ 1986 also in Heyne, Munich, under the title The Anderson tapes
  3. ↑ a b c d e f written jointly with or by Vincent Lardo - see enotes.com
  4. ↑ 13 stories, first published in Skin Magazine in 1968 and 1969
  5. ↑ contains the three novels The Wall Street Dick , The Whirligig Action and A Covey of Cousins
  6. ↑ contains the three novels Run, Sally, Run , A Case of the Shorts and One From Column A.
personal data
SURNAME Sanders, Lawrence
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Upton, Mark; Andress, Lesley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1998