Who was Raymond Chandler?
Q: Who was Raymond Chandler?
A: Raymond Chandler was an American novelist and a screenwriter.
Q: Where was he born?
A: He was born in Chicago.
Q: Why did Chandler become a detective fiction writer?
A: Chandler became a detective fiction writer after he lost a position as an oil executive.
Q: When was Chandler's first short story published and where?
A: Chandler's first short story "Blackmailers Don't Shoot" was published in Black Mask, a popular pulp magazine, in 1933.
Q: When was Chandler's first novel published?
A: Chandler's first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939.
Q: How many novels did Chandler publish during his lifetime?
A: Chandler published just seven novels during his lifetime.
Q: When did Chandler die and where?
A: Chandler died on March 26, 1959, in La Jolla, California.
