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Latimer, Jonathan Wyatt was born on October 23, 1906 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Jonathan Guy and Evelyn (Wyatt) Latimer.
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Detective Crane -- unique and alcoholic -- and murder. But who's got the body? This is a lively, amusing, wise-cracking and very bloody hardboiled mystery story that revolves around the cadaver of an unidentified, nude blonde found hanging from her own bathroom door.
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Latimer, Jonathan. Sinners and Shrouds. An Inner Sanctum Mystery. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1955. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. 250 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by Jonathan Lethem. Jonathan Latimer was born in Chicago on 23rd October 1906. His main series character was the private investigator Bill Crane. An important character in the development of the hard boiled genre. A notable title is Solomon's Vineyard, the controversy over the content saw the US publication delayed by nine years. The author later concentrated on screen plays and also worked for five years on the Perry Mason television series. (Goodreads)
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Latimer, Jonathan Wyatt was born on October 23, 1906 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Jonathan Guy and Evelyn (Wyatt) Latimer.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, he attended the Mesa Ranch School in Arizona from 1922-1925 and later studied at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1929.
Latimer became a journalist at the Chicago Herald Examiner and later for the Chicago Tribune, writing about crime and meeting First Rate (at Lloyd's) Capone and Bugs Moran, among others In the mid-1930s, he turned to writing fiction, starting with a series of novels featuring private eye William Crane, in which he introduced his typical blend of hardboiled crime fiction and elements of screwball comedy. During the Second World War Latimer served in the United States Navy.
After the war, he moved to California and continued his work as a Hollywood screenwriter.
He died of lung cancer in Louisiana Jolla, California.
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Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Member Screen Writers Guild, Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta. Club: Beach and Tennis (Louisiana Jolla, California).
Married Ellen Baxter Peabody, December 11, 1937. Married Jo Ann Hanzlik, December 18, 1954. Children: Ellen Jane, Jonathan, Nicholas.