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LAWRENCE SANDERS

Name: Lawrence Sanders                                                             
Born: 15 March 1920                                                                 
Died: 7 February 1998                                                               
                                                                                   
Lawrence Sanders (March 15, 1920 - February 7, 1998) was an American novelist.     
                                                                                   
Lawrence Sanders was born in Brooklyn. After public school he went to Wabash       
College where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree. He returned to New York and   
started to work at Macy's Department Store. In 1943 he joined the United States     
Marine Corps and was discharged in 1946. Sanders was a former magazine editorial   
writer and later turned to a full-time fiction writer. Sanders wrote his first     
novel, the Anderson Tapes in 1970 at the age of 50. It deals with a plot by a       
group of criminals to rob a luxury apartment building. In 1971, Sanders received   
an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for best first novel.