Raymond Leslie Goldman
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- Louis L. Goldman (nephew)
- Ben F. Goldman Jr. (nephew)
- Jeffrey D. Goldman (great-grandnephew)
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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.
Career
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!, an atory 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).
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]
