Lawrence Sanders
1920-1998
Pseudonyms: Lesley Andress and Mark Upton
 

Lawrence Sanders was born in Brooklyn. After public school he went to Wabash College where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree. He returned to New York and started to work at Macey's Department Store, the largest department store in the world. In 1943 he joined the United States Marine Corps. In 1946 he was discharged. He started to write to earn a living. In 1970 his first crime novel appeared, The Anderson Tapes. Besides his crime novels he also wrote other fiction. He also wrote under the pseudonyms 'Lesley Andress' and 'Mark Upton'. He is the creator of 'Archy McNally', a playboy and private detective. The 'McNally' series was continued by Vincent Lardo.
 

Titles and year of publication:  

'Archy McNally' Novels
 1) McNally's Secret  1992
 2) McNally's Luck  1992
 3) McNally's Risk  1993
 4) McNally's Caper  1994
 5) McNally's Trial  1995
 6) McNally's Puzzle  1996
 7) McNally's Gamble  1997
Other Novels
 1) The Anderson Tapes (Edgar Award)  1970
 2)The Pleasures of Helen  1971
 3) The First Deadly Sin  1973
 4) The Tangent Objective  1976
 5) The Second Deadly Sin  1977
 6) The Tangent Factor  1978
 7) The Sixth Commandment  1979
 8) The Tenth Commandment  1980
 9) The Third Deadly Sin  1981
10) The Fourth Deadly Sin  1985
11) The Eighth Commandment  1986
12) Tales of the Wolf (short stories)  1986
13) Dream Lover  1987
14) The Timothy Files (novellas)  1987
15) Timothy's Game (novellas)  1988
16) The Seventh Commandment  1991
As 'Lesley Andress'
 1) Caper  1980
As 'Mark Upton'
 1) Dark Summer  1979

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