About the Author

Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) was one of the pioneers of hard-bolied detective fiction, a form he perfected in his celebrated Philip Marlowe novels, including The Big Sleep, The Lady in the Lake, and The Long Goodbye.

Frank MacShane(1927-1999) was author ofThe Life of Raymond ChandlerandRaymond Chandler- A Bibliographyand editor ofThe Letters of Raymond ChandlerandThe Notebooks of Raymond Chandler.