Leslie Edgley

Leslie John Edgley (October 14, 1912^[1] – 2002) was a mystery fiction writer and scriptwriter. He was born in London in 1912, but emigrated with his parents to Canada in 1918 and to East Chicago, Indiana in the United States in 1922, where he grew up in the Marktown neighborhood.^[1] He married Mary Gustaitis in 1935, and they moved to California in 1944.^[1]

Among the works for which Edgley became known are the scripts for many episodes of Perry Mason.^[1]

Works[]

• Fear No More, New York, Simon and Schuster, 1946, 202p.
  • Reprinted by Ace, 1953, bound dos-à-dos with Hal Braham (as Mel Colton), Never Kill A Cop
• The Angry Heart, Garden City, N.Y., Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday, 1947, 190p.
  • Reprinted as Tracked Down by Ace, 1954, bound dos-à-dos with , Death Hitches A Ride
• The Judas Goat, Garden City, N.Y., Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday, 1952, 190p.
  • Reprinted by Ace, 1953, bound dos-à-dos with Theodore S. Drachman, Cry Plague!
• The Runaway Pigeon, Garden City, N.Y., Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday, 1953, 188p.
  • Also published as One Blonde Died, Lawrence E. Pivak, N.Y., 1953, Bestseller Mystery B171
  • Published in UK as Diamonds Spell Death, Arthur Barker, 1954, Museum Street Thriller series

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