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Raymond Leslie Goldman | |
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| Born | 1895 |
| Died | 1950 (aged 54–55) |
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Raymond Leslie Goldman (1895-1950) was an American author of short stories and detective novels. He almost always signed his works R. L. Goldman.
Goldman had polio as a child, he wrote about in his memoirs The Good Fight (1935) [1] and Victory Over Pain (1947) [2] . As a result of the disease, he had atrophied muscles in his legs. He became deaf when he was 19 years old. He also had diabetes and followed a limited diet. [3]
Goldman served in World War I, after which he held several jobs in radio and with pulp magazines. [4]
In 1917, he published his first short story in Collier's Weekly. He later settled in Nashville, Tennessee. [5] He regularly contributed short stories, often humorous, to The Saturday Evening Post and other magazines. [5] In 1922, he wrote Bing Bang Boom!, a novel in the same vein that was adapted into a silent film. Other works of Goldman's adapted into films included Battling Bunyan (1924), from a short story in the Saturday Evening Post, and That Red-Headed Hussy (1929).
Commencing in 1929 with The Hartwell Case, [5] Goldman gradually transitioned from short stories to detective fiction, notably a six-title series whose protagonists were newspaper editor Asaph Clume and fiery, red-headed reporter Rufus Reed. [6] Rufus often narrated their investigations, which took place in a fictional small town in the American Midwest. [7]
Goldman died in 1950. [6] His books remain sought after by collectors. [8]
His nephews Louis L. Goldman and Ben F. Goldman Jr. and great-grandnephew Jeffrey D. Goldman were noted entertainment attorneys.
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