Raymond Chandler was a British-American novelist known for creating the character Philip Marlowe. In 1932 at age 44, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job during the Great Depression. His first short story was published in 1933 and his first novel The Big Sleep was published in 1939. Although he did not attend university, Chandler found success as a novelist and was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America before his death in 1959 in La Jolla, California at age 70.

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2. Chicago, 22 July of 1888 - La Jolla, California, 26 March of 1959 He was
a British-American novelist .In 1932, at age forty-four, Chandler
decided to become a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an
oil company executive during the Great Depression. His first short
story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in 1933 in Black Mask,
a popular magazine.
His first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. Chandler
published seven novels during his lifetime.In the year before he died,
he was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America. He died
on March 26, 1959, in La Jolla, California. He did not go to university. In
1912, he borrowed money from his Waterford uncle, who expected it
to be repaid with interest, and returned to America, visiting his aunt
and uncle before settling in San Francisco for a time

3. His mother joined him there in late 1912. They moved to Los Angeles in 1913.