Thursday, June 1, 1933

I took most of my books home. It sure is hot. I stayed after school with Eilean and helped Miss Gilmore.

Erle Stanley Gardner (1889 - 1970)
An American lawyer and prolific author of detective stories, Gardener was best known for the
Perry Mason series. He also published under the pseudonyms A.A. Fair, Kyle Corning,
Charles M. Green, Carleton Kendrake, Charles J. Kenny, Les Tillray and Robert Parr.
Dead Man's Diamonds: Go Get 'Em Garver Novelette (Dime Detective) was published on June 1, 1933.
His first Perry Mason novel, The Case of the Velvet Claws, was published by Pocket Books in 1933.