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- Birth nameLawrence Goldtree Blochman
- Lawrence Goldtree Blochman was born on 17 February, 1900 in San Diego, California, the son of Lucien A. and Haidee Goldtree Blochman. His father, who was born in San Francisco in 1865, was a successful and well respected businessman in the San Diego area.
Remembered as a writer of around thirty mystery and detective novels, Lawrence Blochman also worked as a foreign correspondent and had authored several hundred short stories, novelettes, articles and a number of scripts for radio and television shows. He served as president of Mystery Writers of America and as an officer of the Overseas Press Club. In 1950 Blochman won the Edgar Allan Poe award for short story writing.
Lawrence Goldtree Blochman died on 22 January, 1975 at St. Luke's Hospital in New York City.- IMDb Mini Biography By: John F. Barlow
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