Erle Stanley Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardnerwas an American lawyer and author. Though best known for the Perry Mason series of detective stories, he wrote numerous other novels and shorter pieces, as well as a series of non-fiction books, mostly narrations of his travels through Baja California and other regions in Mexico...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 July 1889
CityMalden, MA
CountryUnited States of America
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