Feb 22
Stephen Marlowe Dies
Posted by Slobokan @ 22:49 · 108 words · print
Novelist Stephen Marlowe, best known for a series of books featuring private detective Chester Drum, died Friday at a hospital after a long illness, his family said in a statement. He was 79.
Marlowe began his career as a writer of pulp and science fiction and wrote more than 50 novels. His series featuring Chester Drum began with "The Second Longest Night" in 1955 and concluded with "Drumbeat Marianne" in 1968.
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Marlowe received France's Prix Gutenberg du Livre in 1988 and the Life Achievement Award of the Private Eye Writers of America in 1997.
He is survived by his wife, Ann, and two daughters.
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