Dan J. Marlowe
10 Jul 1914 – 25 Aug 1986
Dan J. Marlowe was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. His mother died when he was young and he was raised by two aunts. After graduating from the Bentley School of Accounting and Finance, he worked as a County Club assistant manager and a timekeeper. For twelve years, he was the office and credit manager for a tobacco wholesaler and during this time was also was a professional gambler. When his wife died from pancreatitis in 1956, he left his life in Washington D.C., moved to New York City and started to write, publishing his first novel two years later. From 1962 on, his novels profited from the
