Les Martin

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Les Martin
Born (1934-09-03) September 3, 1934 (age 89)
New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationWriter
Period1971 – present

Lester Martin Schulman (born September 3, 1934), who writes as Les Martin, [1] is an American writer of speculative fiction media tie-ins, particularly within the Blade Runner , Frankenstein , Indiana Jones , and The X-Files fiction series.

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Education and career

Schulman received a bachelor of arts degree from Antioch College in 1955. [2] He was an editor for Popular Library (1963–1965), Bantam Books (1966–1967), and Dell Publishing from 1969. [2]

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Indiana Jones

Young Indiana Jones

Young-adult novels set in the Young Indiana Jones universe

X-Files

Other novelizations

Anthologies

All anthologies were edited under the name L. M. Schulman:

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References

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  3. "Young Indiana Jones and the Tomb of Terror by Les Martin – review". The Guardian . June 17, 2014.
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