Lawrence Sanders was an American novelist and short story writer.

Lawrence Sanders was born in Brooklyn

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 in New York City

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. After public school he attended Wabash College

Wabash College

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, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree. He then returned to New York and worked at Macy's

Macy's

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 Department Store. In 1943 he joined the United States Marine Corps

United States Marine Corps

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 and was discharged in 1946. Sanders was a former magazine editorial writer and later turned to full-time fiction writing. He wrote his first novel The Anderson Tapes in 1970 at the age of 50. It deals with a plot by a group of criminals to rob a luxury apartment building. In 1971, Sanders received an Edgar Award

Edgar Award

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 from the Mystery Writers of America

Mystery Writers of America

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 for best first novel.

Lawrence Sanders bibliography

Edward X. Delaney series:

• The Anderson Tapes
  The Anderson Tapes (novel)
  The Anderson Tapes is the first published novel by crime writer Lawrence Sanders.It won the 1971 Edgar Award for best first novel,and was made into a movie the same year,directed by Sidney Lumet, with Sean Connery in the title role....
  
   (1970)
• The First Deadly Sin (1973)
• The Second Deadly Sin (1977)
• The Third Deadly Sin (1981)
• The Fourth Deadly Sin (1985)

Peter Tangent series:

• The Tangent Factor (1976)
• The Tangent Objective (1976)

The Commandment series:

• The Sixth Commandment (1978)
• The Tenth Commandment (1980)
• The Eighth Commandment (1986)
• The Seventh Commandment (1991)

Timothy Cone series:

• The Timothy Files
  The Timothy Files
  The Timothy Files , by Lawrence Sanders. is a work of fiction consisting of linked stories featuring Tim Cone, who works as an investigator. He is a scruffy character, rough of mouth and demeanor but pure of heart. Cone has trouble with relationships, surviving on a rough-edged on-going affair...
  
   (1987) [collection]
• Timothy's Game (1988) [collection]

Archy McNally

Archy McNally

Archibald "Archy" McNally was a fictional character created by bestselling novelist Lawrence Sanders. He is the protagonist of thirteen novels, seven by Sanders and six by Vincent Lardo, who took over the series following Sanders' death in 1998.- Novels :...

 series:

• McNally's Secret (1991)
• McNally's Luck (1992)
• McNally's Risk (1993)
• McNally's Caper (1994)
• McNally's Trial (1995)
• McNally's Puzzle (1996)
• McNally's Gamble (1997)

Written with or by Vincent Lardo

• McNally's Dilemma (1999)
• McNally's Folly (2000)
• McNally's Chance (2001)
• McNally's Alibi (2002)
• McNally's Dare (2003)
• McNally's Bluff (2004)
• McNally's Files (2006)

Miscellaneous titles

• The Pleasures of Helen (1971)
• Love Songs (1972)
• The Tomorrow File (1975)
• The Marlow Chronicles (1977)
• Caper (1980) [under pseudonym Lesley Andress]
• Dark Summer (1980) [under pseudonym Mark Upton]
• The Case of Lucy Bending (1982)
• The Seduction of Peter S (1983)
• The Passion of Molly T (1984)
• The Loves of Harry Dancer (1985)
• Tales of the Wolf (1986) [collection of 13 stories published in Swank, 1968-9]
• The Dream Lover (1986)
• Capital Crimes (1989)
• Stolen Blessings (1990)
• Sullivan's Sting (1990)
• Private Pleasures (1993)
• Guilty Pleasures (1998)

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