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He was born in Massachusetts, but his family moved to Palo Alto, CA. He studied law independently--back in the say, it was much more common to study law independently, or under a mentor--and passed the California bar exam in 1911. He spent some twenty years practicing law, and in the meantime, he began writing stories. He hit the big time as an author in 1933 with his first Perry Mason novel, ''The Case of the Velvet Claws''. The Perry Mason books became massive bestsellers and, within Gardner's lifetime, were adapted into radio, film, and a hugely successful television series. (Gardner appears in a CreatorCameo as a judge in the last episode of the Raymond Burr ''Perry Mason'' show.)
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He was born in Massachusetts, but his family moved to Palo Alto, CA. He studied law independently--back in the say, day, it was much more common to study law independently, or under a mentor--and passed the California bar exam in 1911. He spent some twenty years practicing law, and in the meantime, he began writing stories. He hit the big time as an author in 1933 with his first Perry Mason novel, ''The Case of the Velvet Claws''. The Perry Mason books became massive bestsellers and, within Gardner's lifetime, were adapted into radio, film, and a hugely successful television series. (Gardner appears in a CreatorCameo as a judge in the last episode of the Raymond Burr ''Perry Mason'' show.)
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Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) was an American lawyer and author, best known as the creator of Franchise/PerryMason, and as such more or less the inventor of the LawProcedura trope.
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Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) was an American lawyer and author, best known as the creator of Franchise/PerryMason, and as such more or less the inventor of the LawProcedura LawProcedural trope.
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Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) was an American lawyer and author, best known as the creator of Franchise/PerryMason.
During a long and prolific career, he created many other detective/mystery protagonists whose fame has been overshadowed by Mason's runaway success.
During a long and prolific career, he created many other detective/mystery protagonists whose fame has been overshadowed by Mason's runaway success.
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Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) was an American lawyer and author, best known as the creator of Franchise/PerryMason.
During a longFranchise/PerryMason, and prolific career, as such more or less the inventor of the LawProcedura trope.
He was born in Massachusetts, but his family moved to Palo Alto, CA. He studied law independently--back in the say, it was much more common to study law independently, or under a mentor--and passed the California bar exam in 1911. He spent some twenty years practicing law, and in the meantime, hecreated began writing stories. He hit the big time as an author in 1933 with his first Perry Mason novel, ''The Case of the Velvet Claws''. The Perry Mason books became massive bestsellers and, within Gardner's lifetime, were adapted into radio, film, and a hugely successful television series. (Gardner appears in a CreatorCameo as a judge in the last episode of the Raymond Burr ''Perry Mason'' show.)
Even after Perry Mason became successful, Gardner wrote many otherdetective/mystery protagonists whose fame has been overshadowed by Mason's runaway success.stories and novels. He wrote nine novels featuring a crusading DA named Doug Selby that were basically a PerspectiveFlip of the Perry Mason books. He wrote even more fiction under pen names. In his spare time, he founded the Court of Last Resort, an organization dedicated to freeing people who were unjustly convicted of crimes.
During a long
He was born in Massachusetts, but his family moved to Palo Alto, CA. He studied law independently--back in the say, it was much more common to study law independently, or under a mentor--and passed the California bar exam in 1911. He spent some twenty years practicing law, and in the meantime, he
Even after Perry Mason became successful, Gardner wrote many other
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* RatsInABox: In ''The Case of the Backward Mule'', the police put the suspected murderer and a man who's been interfering in the police investigation in a holding cell together to find out what they say to each other when they think nobody's listening. The scene is told from the viewpoint of the second man (the protagonist, Terry Clane), who thinks it's just a coincidence he's been put in a room with somebody he needed to talk to until the police detective explains it to him later.
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* JustLikeRobinHood: Lester Leith, who featured in over fifty stories published from the 1920s-1940s, is a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob who solves crimes, steals the profits from the criminals, and uses them to fund charities.
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* IKnowAGuy: In ''The Case of the Backward Mule'', Terry's Chinese manservant Yat Toy has a lot of "cousins" who are able to provide a variety of useful objects and information at short notice, and even at one point an entire apartment (though that one required a few weeks' work).
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* FriendlyLocalChinatown: In ''Murder Up My Sleeve'' and its sequel ''The Case of the Backward Mule'', protagonist Terry Clane has friends in the city's Chinatown and part of the novels are set there.
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Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) was an American lawyer and author, best known as the creator of Franchise/PerryMason.
During a long and prolific career, he created many other detective/mystery protagonists whose fame has been overshadowed by Mason's runaway success.
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!!Works by Erle Stanley Gardner with their own pages:
* ''Franchise/PerryMason'' series
!!Other works by Erle Stanley Gardner contain examples of:
* JustLikeRobinHood: Lester Leith, who featured in over fifty stories published from the 1920s-1940s, is a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob who solves crimes, steals the profits from the criminals, and uses them to fund charities.
* OrgyOfEvidence: In "The Clue of the Screaming Woman", the killer attempts to frame a local recluse for a murder. However, believing Sheriff Eldon to be a doddering old fool, he badly overplays his hand.
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During a long and prolific career, he created many other detective/mystery protagonists whose fame has been overshadowed by Mason's runaway success.
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!!Works by Erle Stanley Gardner with their own pages:
* ''Franchise/PerryMason'' series
!!Other works by Erle Stanley Gardner contain examples of:
* JustLikeRobinHood: Lester Leith, who featured in over fifty stories published from the 1920s-1940s, is a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob who solves crimes, steals the profits from the criminals, and uses them to fund charities.
* OrgyOfEvidence: In "The Clue of the Screaming Woman", the killer attempts to frame a local recluse for a murder. However, believing Sheriff Eldon to be a doddering old fool, he badly overplays his hand.
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