lar@inuxc.UUCP (L Reid) (08/22/85)
*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** I have begun collecting books by Earle Stanley Garnder. How can I find a complete listing of the Perry Mason books he published and what other psuedo-names he wrote under. One I understand is A.A. Fair. Laura Reid Indianapolis AT&T
wombat@ccvaxa.UUCP (08/26/85)
Look for a copy of the book *Erle Stanley Gardner: The Case of the Real Perry Mason* by Dorothy B. Hughes. It's a pretty good biography of Gardner, and an appendix in the back lists every book he wrote. The book came out a year or two or three ago in hardback; I don't know if a paperback was published. About eighty Perry Mason novels were written before Gardner died. Some have recently been reissued in paperback, and there is also an Avenel collection with about five novels. I've had fairly good luck finding them (I have copies of most of them now, after about eight years) at used book stores and library book sales. The book describes Gardner's beginnings as a lawyer defending residents of Chinatown, his early writings for the mystery, western, and science fiction pulps, the beginnings of Perry Mason, his friendships with many police officers, forensic scientists, and crime specialists, the transition to a full-time writing career, and on the human side the women who worked as his secretaries, including the models for Della Street, and his love for the desert and camping trips there. If you are interested in lists of books by Gardner, let me know and I will send them by e-mail. "When you are about to die, a wombat is better than no company at all." Roger Zelazny, *Doorways in the Sand* Wombat ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!wombat