| LC control no. | n 80024547 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3523.A773 |
| Personal name heading | Latimer, Jonathan, 1906-1983 |
| Variant(s) | Latimer, Jack, 1906-1983 |
| See also | Alternate identity: Coffin, Peter, 1906-1983 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Chicago (Ill.) Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1906-10-23 |
| Death date | 1983-06-23 |
| Place of birth | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Place of death | La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Detective and mystery stories Motion picture plays Film noir |
| Profession or occupation | Journalists Authors Screenwriters Television writers |
| Found in | Murder in the madhouse, 1935: title page (Jonathan Latimer) The search for my great-uncle's head, 1989, c1937: title page (Jonathan Latimer) 1st preliminary page (1906-1983) Hubin, A.J. Crime fiction IV (CD-ROM), 2005 (Latimer, Jonathan (Wyatt) (1906-1983); also used pseudonym Peter Coffin) Fantastic Fiction website, viewed March 28, 2024 (Jonathan Latimer (Jonathan Wyatt Latimer) (1906-1983); born in Chicago on 23rd October 1906; his main series character was the private investigator Bill Crane; later concentrated on screen plays and also worked for five years on the Perry Mason television series) <https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/jonathan-latimer/> Find A Grave website, search March 28, 2024 (Jonathan Wyatt "Jack" Latimer; birth: 23 Oct 1906, Chicago, Illinois; death: 23 Jun 1983 (aged 76), La Jolla, California) <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187957935/jonathan-wyatt-latimer> IMDb, search March 28, 2024 (Jonathan Latimer; born October 23, 1906, Chicago, Illinois; died June 23, 1983, La Jolla, California; American writer of thrillers and film scripts; began his writing career as a journalist for the Chicago Herald Examiner and the Chicago Tribune (1929-1934), reporting on the activities of organized crime figures in his home town; penned a series of hard-boiled crime novels published by The Crime Club; sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Peter Coffin; worked in Hollywood from the late 1930s, where he was best providing gritty dialogue for the film noir genre) <https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0490206/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm> |
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