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Lawrence Block
Block in 2008
Block in 2008
Born (1938-06-24) June 24, 1938 (age 85)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Pen nameChip Harrison, Paul Kavanagh, Lee Duncan, Sheldon Lord, others
OccupationNovelist, short story writer
Period1958–present
GenreCrime fiction, mystery fiction
Website
lawrenceblock.com

Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York-set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. Block was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1994. Block has written in the genres of crime, mystery, and suspense fiction for more than half a century, releasing over 100 books.[1]

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Lawrence Block

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Lawrence Block bibliography

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This is a list of works by Lawrence Block, an American author of mystery fiction, with a career spanning six decades. The Sins of the Fathers (1976) Time...

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Herblock

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Herbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock (October 13, 1909 – October 7, 2001), was an American editorial cartoonist and author best known for...

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Matthew Scudder

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fictional character who appears in novels by American crime writer Lawrence Block. Scudder debuted in 1976's The Sins of the Fathers as an alcoholic ex-cop...

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8 Million Ways to Die

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the first attempt to adapt the Matthew Scudder detective stories of Lawrence Block for the screen. The screenplay was written by Oliver Stone, an uncredited...

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Bernie Rhodenbarr

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novels by Lawrence Block. He first appeared in Burglars Can't Be Choosers, published in 1977; as of 2024, he has appeared in twelve novels by Block, as well...

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Hard Case Crime

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reprinting a pair of early Lawrence Block novels, 69 Barrow Street and Strange Embrace, the other a collection of Lawrence Block short stories, Catch and...

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My Blueberry Nights

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Wong Kar-wai, his first feature in English. The screenplay by Wong and Lawrence Block is based on a Chinese-language short film written and directed by Wong...

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The Wedding Gig

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well as in the 1999 mystery story anthology Master's Choice, edited by Lawrence Block. Told from the viewpoint of a bandleader during Prohibition, the story...

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When the Sacred Ginmill Closes

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When the Sacred Ginmill Closes is a Matthew Scudder novel, written by Lawrence Block. Based on the short story "By the Dawn's Early Light", and published...

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Lawrence Julius Taylor (born February 4, 1959), nicknamed "L.T.", is an American former football linebacker who played in the National Football League...

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Brasher Doubloon

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IMDb. Archived from the original on 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2021-11-23. Lawrence Block (2006). The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-087276-4...

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Sarah Caudwell

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collaborated on crime fiction-related acrostics with Michael Z. Lewin and with Lawrence Block and others for The Perfect Murder. She also wrote a play, The Madman's...

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Sins of the Father

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the Fathers, a Matthew Scudder detective novel published in 1976 by Lawrence Block The Sins of Our Fathers, a 1970 analysis of the origins of The Troubles...

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Craig Ferguson

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Crime), an anthology edited by Lawrence Block and featuring works inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper (1882–1967). Block is a favorite writer of Ferguson's...

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Willie Sutton

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"Business: Willie Sutton, Bankers' Friend". Time. October 26, 1970. Lawrence Block (2004). Gangsters, Swindlers, Killers, and Thieves: The Lives and Crimes...

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Mallet Murphy

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several historical novels including A Long Line of Dead Men (1999) by Lawrence Block, Cold Hit (2001) by Linda Fairstein and Michael Walsh's And All the...

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Charles Starkweather

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Starkweather–Fugate murders. The novel Not Comin' Home to You (1974) by Lawrence Block has fictional events that are similar to the Starkweather and Fugate...

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Lawrence Hilton Jacobs

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Lawrence Hilton Jacobs, also credited as Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs (born September 4, 1953), is an American actor and singer. Best known for playing Freddie...

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Judge Block

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Judge Block may refer to: Frederic Block (born 1934), judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Lawrence J. Block (born...

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