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Henry Slesar (June 12, 1927 – April 2, 2002) was an American author and playwright. He is famous for his use of irony and twist endings. After reading Slesar's "M Is for the Many" in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock bought it for adaptation and they began many successful collaborations.
Henry Slesar was born on 12 June 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Edge of Night (1956), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955). He died on 2 April 2002 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Henry Slesar — born Henry Schlosser — was an American author, playwright, and copywriter, who wrote under several pseudonyms including O.H. Leslie and Jay Street. He was famous for his use of irony and twist endings.
Apr 16, 2002 · Henry Slesar, prolific, award-winning scribe best known for his work on the sudser “The Edge of Night,” died April 2 of natural causes. He was 74. A native New Yorker, Slesar attended the School...
Henry Slesar was an American author and playwright. He is famous for his use of irony and twist endings. After reading Slesar's "M Is for the Many" in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock bought it for adaptation and they began many successful collaborations.
Henry Slesar has 305 books on Goodreads with 24590 ratings. Henry Slesar’s most popular book is Examination Day.
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Slesar was best known for his work in the mystery field, with a number of thrillers from The Gray Flannel Shroud (1958), which won an Edgar Award, onwards. Among these was a borderline-sf tale, The Bridge of Lions ( 1963 ); closely connected to this kind of work was his stint as head writer for the US daytime suspense serial, The Edge of Night ...
