Author. Edwin Lanham was an American author, who spent three years at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, before enlisting in the Merchant Marines in 1922. After leaving the Merchant Marines, he moved to Paris and wrote his first novel there, about how he wanted to portray sailors' lives as he saw them and as they were, based on his own personal experiences. In 1929, "Sailors Don't Care" was published. In addition to writing books, Lanham worked as a newspaper reporter for the "New York Evening Post," "The New York Herald Tribune," and the "New York City News Association." He became a freelance writer after earning the Guggenheim fellowship in 1940, writing short stories and articles for magazines and newspapers. In 1944, he left the newspaper to focus exclusively on writing. Over the course of his career, he published over twenty novels, which included a series of mysteries. Lanham's last book was "The Clock at 8:16," about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, published in 1970. Three of his detective stories were adapted into Hollywood films, entitled "If I'm Lucky" and "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog" both in 1946 and "The Senator Was Indiscreet" in 1947. He was the grandson of Samuel Lanham, a United States representative and twenty-third governor of the state of Texas.
Author. Edwin Lanham was an American author, who spent three years at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, before enlisting in the Merchant Marines in 1922. After leaving the Merchant Marines, he moved to Paris and wrote his first novel there, about how he wanted to portray sailors' lives as he saw them and as they were, based on his own personal experiences. In 1929, "Sailors Don't Care" was published. In addition to writing books, Lanham worked as a newspaper reporter for the "New York Evening Post," "The New York Herald Tribune," and the "New York City News Association." He became a freelance writer after earning the Guggenheim fellowship in 1940, writing short stories and articles for magazines and newspapers. In 1944, he left the newspaper to focus exclusively on writing. Over the course of his career, he published over twenty novels, which included a series of mysteries. Lanham's last book was "The Clock at 8:16," about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, published in 1970. Three of his detective stories were adapted into Hollywood films, entitled "If I'm Lucky" and "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog" both in 1946 and "The Senator Was Indiscreet" in 1947. He was the grandson of Samuel Lanham, a United States representative and twenty-third governor of the state of Texas.
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