Erle Stanley Gardner
Writer
July 17, 1889 – March 11,
1970
Credits:
Books:
A Century of Great
Suspense Stories (2001); All Grass Isn't Green (1970); Bachelors Get Lonely (1961);
Bats Fly at Dusk (1942); Bedrooms Have Windows (1949); Beware the Curves (1956);
Cats Prowl at Night (1943); Crows Can't Count (1946); Cut Thin to Win (1965); Daring
Detectives (1969); Dead Men's Letters (1990); Double or Quits (1941); Drifting
Down Delta (1969); Fish or Cut Bait (1963); Fools Die on Friday (1947); Four
Cases of Murder (1989); Give 'em the Ax (1944); Gold Comes in Bricks (1940); Hard-Boiled
Detectives (1953); Honest Money and Other Short Novels (1991); Hunting the
Desert Whale (1963); Kept Women Can't Quit (1960); Law and Order (1997); Murder
On The Railways (2003); Murder Plus (1992); Murder Up My Sleeve (1937); Owls
Don't Blink (1942); Pass the Gravy (1959); Pay Dirt and Other Whispering Sands
Stories of Gold Fever and the Western Desert (1983); Pulp Adventures #37: Nymph
in the Keyhole (2020); Shills Can't Cash Chips (1961); Some Slips Don't Show (1957);
Some Women Won't Wait (1953); Spill the Jackpot (1941); Tantalizing Locked Room
Mysteries (1982); The Adventures Of Paul Pry (1991); The Adventures Of Paul
Pry, Volume 2 (1990); The Amazing Adventures of Lester Leith (1980); The Bigger
They Come (1939); The Blonde in Lower Six Plus 3 Short Novels (1990); The Case
of the Amorous Aunt (1963); The Case of the Angry Mourner (1951); The Case of
the Backward Mule (1946); The Case of the Baited Hook (1940); The Case of the
Beautiful Beggar (1965); The Case of the Bigamous Spouse (1961); The Case of
the Black-Eyed Blonde (1944); The Case of the Blonde Bonanza (1962); The Case
of the Borrowed Brunette (1946); The Case of the Buried Clock (1943); The Case
of the Burning Bequest (1990); The Case of the Calendar Girl (1958); The Case
of the Careless Cupid (1968); The Case of the Careless Kitten (1942); The Case
of the Caretaker's Cat (1935); The Case of the Cautious Coquette (1949); The
Case of the Counterfeit Eye (1935); The Case of the Crimson Kiss (1970); The
Case of the Crooked Candle (1944); The Case Of The Crying Swallow (1971); The
Case of the Curious Bride (1934); The Case of the Dangerous Dowager (1937); The
Case of the Daring Decoy (1957); The Case of the Daring Divorcee (1964); The
Case of the Deadly Toy (1959); The Case of the Demure Defendant (1956); The
Case of the Drowning Duck (1942); The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito (1943); The
Case of the Dubious Bridegroom (1949); The Case of the Duplicate Daughter (1960);
The Case of the Empty Tin (1941); The Case of the Fabulous Fake (1969); The
Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse (1946); The Case of the Fenced-in Woman (1972); The
Case of the Fiery Fingers (1951); The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll (1958); The
Case of the Fugitive Nurse (1954); The Case of the Gilded Lily (1956); The Case
of the Glamorous Ghost (1955); The Case of the Golddigger's Purse (1945); The
Case of the Green-Eyed Sister (1953); The Case of the Grinning Gorilla (1952);
The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife (1945); The Case of the Haunted Husband (1941);
The Case of the Hesitant Hostess (1953); The Case of the Horrified Heirs (1964);
The Case of the Howling Dog (1934); The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands (1962); The
Case of the Irate Witness and Other Stories (1973); The Case of the Lame Canary
(1937); The Case of the Lazy Lover (1947); The Case of the Lonely Heiress (1948);
The Case of the Long-Legged Models (1958); The Case of the Lucky Legs (1934); The
Case of the Lucky Loser (1957); The Case of the Mischievous Doll (1962); The
Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink (1952); The Case of the Murderer's Bride and Other
Stories (1955); The Case Of The Musical Cow (1960); The Case of the Mythical
Monkeys (1959); The Case of the Negligent Nymph (1950); The Case of the Nervous
Accomplice (1955); The Case of the One-Eyed Witness (1950); The Case of the
Perjured Parrot (1939); The Case of the Phantom Fortune (1964); The Case of the
Postponed Murder (1973); The Case of the Queenly Contestant (1967); The Case of
the Reluctant Model (1962); The Case of the Restless Redhead (1954); The Case
of the Rolling Bones (1939); The Case of the Runaway Corpse (1954); The Case of
The Screaming Woman (1957); The Case of the Shapely Shadow (1960); The Case of
the Shoplifter's Shoe (1938); The Case of the Silent Partner (1940); The Case
of the Singing Skirt (1959); The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece (1936); The
Case of the Smoking Chimney (1943); The Case of the Spurious Spinster (1961); The
Case of the Stepdaughter's Secret (1963); The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1936);
The Case of the Substitute Face (1938); The Case of the Sulky Girl (1933); The
Case of the Sun Bather's Diary (1955); The Case of the Terrified Typist (1955);
The Case of the Troubled Trustee (1965); The Case of the Turning Tide (1941); The
Case of the Vagabond Virgin (1948); The Case of the Velvet Claws (1933); The
Case of the Waylaid Wolf (1960); The Case of the Worried Waitress (1966); The
Case of Too Many Murders (1989); The Casebook of Sidney Zoom (2006); The Clue
of the Forgotten Murder / The Clew of the Forgotten Murder (1942); The Count of
9 (1958); The Court of Last Resort: The True Story of a Team of Crime Experts
Who Fought to Save the Wrongfully Convicted (1952); The D. A. Cooks a Goose (1942);
The D.A. Breaks a Seal (1946); The D.A. Breaks An Egg (1949); The D.A. Calls a
Turn (1944); The D.A. Calls It Murder (1937); The D.A. Draws a Circle (1939); The
D.A. Goes to Trial (1940); The D.A. Holds a Candle (1938); The D.A. Takes a
Chance (1948); The Danger Zone and Other Stories (2004); The Desert is Yours (1963);
The Exploits of the Patent Leather Kid (2010); The Hidden Heart of Baja (1962);
The Human Zero (1981); The Knife Slipped (1939); The Mammoth Book of Short Spy
Novels (1996); The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories (1996); The Oxford
Book of Detective Stories (2000); This Is Murder (1948); Top of the Heap (1952);
Traps Need Fresh Bait (1967); Try Anything Once (1962); Turn on the Heat (1940);
Two Clues: The Clue of the Runaway Blonde / Clue's Don't Count & The Clue
of the Hungry Horse (1947); Up for Grabs (1964); Whispering Sands (1981); Widows
Wear Weeds (1966); You Can Die Laughing (1957).
Movies and television:
A
Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor (1994); A Perry Mason
Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester (1995); A Perry Mason Mystery: The
Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (1994); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the
Wicked Wives (1993); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley / Segment: Almanac
(2012); Climax! (1955); Cool and Lam (1958); Gladiator po naymu (1993); Granny
Get Your Gun (1940); Perry Mason (1957–1966); Perry Mason (2020–2023); Perry
Mason Returns (1985); Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace (1988); Perry
Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (1990); Perry Mason: The Case of the
Desperate Deception (1990); Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion (1991); Perry
Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (1992); Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass
Coffin (1991); Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride (1992); Perry
Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss (1993); Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in
the Lake (1988); Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love (1987); Perry Mason:
The Case of the Maligned Mobster (1991); Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin
Murder (1985); Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (1987); Perry Mason:
The Case of the Musical Murder (1989); Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious
Nun (1986); Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (1990); Perry Mason: The
Case of the Reckless Romeo (1992); Perry Mason: The Case of the Ruthless
Reporter (1991); Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel (1987); Perry
Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star (1986); Perry Mason: The Case of the
Silenced Singer (1990); Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (1987); Perry
Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993); Perry Mason: The Case of the
Telltale Talk Show Host (1993); Person to Person (1959); Special Investigator
(1936); The Case of the Black Cat (1936); The Case of the Curious Bride (1935);
The Case of the Howling Dog (1934); The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935); The Case
of the Stuttering Bishop (1937); The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936); The Court
of Last Resort (1957–1958); The New Perry Mason (1973–1974); They Call It
Murder (1971); Visi pries viena (1986); We, the People (1949); What's My Line?
(1957).
