Background
Fitzsimmons, Cortland was born on June 19, 1893 in Richmond Hill, Long Island, New York, United States. Son of Simon Michael and Martha Emma (Gritman) Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons, Cortland was born on June 19, 1893 in Richmond Hill, Long Island, New York, United States. Son of Simon Michael and Martha Emma (Gritman) Fitzsimmons.
Student Miner’s Business Academy, Brooklyn, 1912-1913, New York University, 1916-1917, College City of New York, 1923-1924.
Clerk, later export manager for McKesson & Rabbins, New York City, 1916-1918. Owner of bookshop, 1918-1919. Salesman Baker & Taylor, publications, New York City, 1920-1924, for American News County, New York City, 1924-1929.
Sales manager Viking Press, Incorporated, New York City, 1929-1934.
Screen writer and novelist since 1934. Author: Better Bridge, 1928.
Bainbridge Murder, 1929. Manville Murders, 1930.
70,000 Witnesses, 1931.
Number Witness, 1932. Red Rhapsody, 1933. Death on the Diamond, 1934. Crimson Ice, 1935; Whispering Window, 1936.
Moving Finger, 1937.
Sudden Silence, 1938. Mystery at Hidden Harbor, 1938. The Girl in the Cage, 1939.
One Manitoba’s Poison, 1940.
The Evil Men Do, 1941. This Is Murder, 1941.
Death Rings a Bell, 1942. Tied for Murder, 1943.
If You Can Read You Can Cook (with Muriel South. Fitzsimmons), 1946.
Contributor fiction to magazines Home: 10526 National Boulevard, Los Angeles 34.
Married Menie Muriel Simpson, April.