Stephen Marlowe was an American

United States

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 author of science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

, mystery

Mystery fiction

Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...

 novel

Novel

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s, and fictional autobiographies

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 of Christopher Columbus, Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes

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, and Edgar Allan Poe. He is best known for his detective character Chester Drum, whom he created in the 1955 novel The Second Longest Night. Lesser also wrote under the pseudonyms Adam Chase, Andrew Frazer, C.H. Thames, Jason Ridgway and Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen (house name)

Ellery Queen was the pen name for two cousins, Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee, who wrote novels and short stories about a fictional detective character named Ellery Queen. At various points in their history, the cousins allowed the name of Ellery Queen to be used as a house name;...

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Lesser attended William and Mary College, earning his degree in philosophy, marrying Leigh Lang shortly after graduating. The couple divorced in 1962. He was drafted into the U. S. Army during the Korean War

Korean War

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He was awarded the French Prix Gutenberg du Livre in 1988 for The Memoirs of Christopher Columbus, and in 1997 he was awarded the "Life Achievement Award" by the Private Eye Writers of America. He also served on the board of directors of the Mystery Writers of America

Mystery Writers of America

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. He lived with his second wife Ann in Williamsburg, Virginia

Williamsburg, Virginia

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Selected bibliography

As Milton S. Lesser:

• Somewhere I'll Find You (1947)
• Earthbound (1952)
• Recruit for Andromeda (1959)
• Secret of the Black Planet (1965)
• Spacemen Go Home (1961)
• Stadium Beyond the Stars
  Stadium Beyond the Stars
  Stadium Beyond the Stars is a juvenile science fiction novel by Milton Lesser published in 1960 by Holt, Rinehart & Winston with cover illustration by Mel Hunter...
  
  (1960)
• The Star Seekers (1953)

As Stephen Marlowe:

• Catch the Brass Ring (1954)
• The Second Longest Night (1955)
• Model for Murder (1955)
• Turn Left for Murder (1955)
• Mecca for Murder (1956)
• Dead on Arrival (1956)
• Killers Are My Meat (1957)
• Murder Is My Dish (1957)
• Trouble Is My Name (1957)
• Terror Is My Trade (1958)
• Violence Is My Business (1958)
• Terror Is My Trade (1958)
• Double in Trouble (with Richard S. Prather
  Richard S. Prather
  Richard Scott Prather was an American mystery novelist, best known for creating the "Shell Scott" series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms David Knight and Douglas Ring.- Early life and career :...
  
  ) (1959)
• Homicide Is My Game (1959)
• Blonde Bait (1959)
• Passport to Peril (1959)
• Danger Is My Line (1960)
• Death Is My Comrade (1960)
• Peril Is My Pay (1960)
• The Shining (1961)
• Manhunt Is My Mission (1961)
• Jeopardy Is My Job (1962)
• Francesca (1963)
• Drumbeat - Berlin (1964)
• Drumbeat - Dominique (1965)
• Drumbeat - Madrid (1966)
• The Search for Bruno Heidler (1966)
• Drumbeat - Erica (1967)
• Drumbeat - Marianne (1968)
• Come Over, Red Rover (1968)
• The Summit (1970)
• Colossus- (1974)
• The Man with No Shadow (1974)
• The Cawthorn Journals (or Too Many Chiefs) (1975)
• Translation (1976)
• The Valkyrie Encounter (1978)
• Deborah's Legacy (1983)
• The Memoirs of Christopher Columbus (1987)
• Lighthouse at the End of the World (1995)
• The Death and Life of Miguel De Cervantes (1996)

As Adam Chase (writing with Paul W. Fairman

Paul W. Fairman

Paul Warren Fairman was an editor and writer in a variety of genres under his own name and under pseudonyms. His detective story "Late Rain" was published in the February, 1947 issue of Mammoth Detective. He published his story "No Teeth For the Tiger" in the February, 1950 issue of Amazing Stories...

):

• The Golden Ape (1959)

As Andrew Frazer:

• Find Eileen Hardin - Alive! (1959)
• The Fall of Marty Moon (1960)

As Jason Ridgway:

• West Side Jungle (1958)
• Adam's Fall (1960)
• People in Glass Houses (1961)
• Hardly a Man Is Now Alive (1962)
• The Treasure of the Cosa Nostra (1966)

As Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen (house name)

Ellery Queen was the pen name for two cousins, Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee, who wrote novels and short stories about a fictional detective character named Ellery Queen. At various points in their history, the cousins allowed the name of Ellery Queen to be used as a house name;...

• Dead Man's Tale (1961)

External links

• The Mystery*File blog: Bill Pronzini
  Bill Pronzini
  Bill Pronzini is an American writer of detective fiction. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories....
  
  on Stephen Marlowe, 1928-2008.