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'''Raymond Chandler''' (1888-1959) was an American author.  His works include ''The Big Sleep'' (1939), ''Farewell, My Lovely'' (1940), and ''The Long Goodbye'' (1954).<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''.  Prentice Hall:  New York, 1993.</ref>

'''Raymond Thornton Chandler''' (1888-1959) was an American author.  His works include ''The Big Sleep'' (1939), ''Farewell, My Lovely'' (1940), and ''The Long Goodbye'' (1954).<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''.  Prentice Hall:  New York, 1993.</ref>

 

Chandler was born July 23, 1888.<ref>http://www.biography.com/people/raymond-chandler-9244073</ref>  He lived in England with his mother, served in the Canadian army and flying corps during the first World War, returned to California in 1919, and worked as a petroleum executive before the Depression forced him to turn to writing.<ref>"Chandler, Raymond."  ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref>  In 1939, ''The Big Sleep'' became his first major novel about a detective called Philip Marlowe, though he had written some other detective stories.<ref>http://www.famousauthors.org/raymond-chandler</ref>  He also worked as a screenwriter before dying on March 26, 1959.<ref>http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/raymond-thornton-chandler-2629.php</ref>

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