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The Case of the Baited Hook

The Case of the Baited Hook( )
Author: Gardner, Erle Stanley
Penzler, Otto
Series title:An American Mystery Classic Ser.
ISBN:978-1-61316-172-2
Publication Date:Jun 2020
Publisher:Penzler Publishers
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $25.95
Book Description:

In one of Perry Mason's most memorable cases ever, the character who inspired the HBO limited series risks his freedom to prove the innocence of an unidentified client.

Book Details
Pages:316
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.7 x 8.4 x 1 Inches
Book Weight:0.865 Pounds
Author Biography
Gardner, Erle Stanley (Author)
Mystery writer Erle Gardner was born on July 17, 1889 in Malden, Massachusetts. In 1902, he had moved to Oroville, CA. His parents could not afford to send a second son to college, so he worked in a legal office as a clerk reading law. He spent a short time at Valparaiso University in Indiana but had to drop out because of an illegal boxing exhibition. He continued to travel throughout California and read law at several law offices and finally passed the bar in 1911, at the age of 21. He married Natalie Francis Beatrice Talbert on April 9, 1912. In 1916, he formed the Law Firm of Orr and Gardner in Venture, CA.

Gardner used many pseudonyms such as Charles Green, Kyle Corning and Grant Holiday. While working as an attorney, he began writing fiction. In 1921, "Nellie's Naughty Nighty" was published in the pulp magazine Breezy Stories. He had a goal of writing 100,000 words a month and would sometimes write two or more stories a day. In 1923, "The Shrieking Skeleton" was sold to the Black Mask Magazine. In the 1930's, Gardner had two manuscripts that were rejected and than "rediscovered" by Thayer Hobson, the president of the William Morrow Publishing Company, and rewritten as courtroom mysteries. During this process, the character Perry Mason was born. In 1933, the first Perry Mason book was written, "The Case of the Velvet Claws." The next one was entitled "The Case of the Sulky Girl" and they were followed by more than eighty additional Mason mysteries. Gardner died on March 11, 1970.

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