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Raoul Whitfield (November 22, 1896 – January 24, 1945) was an American writer of adventure, aviation, and hardboiled crime fiction. During his writing career, from the mid-1920s to the mid-1930s, Whitfield published over 300 short stories and serials in pulp magazines, as well as nine books, including Green Ice (1930) and Death in a Bowl (1931).
Nov 22, 2021 · Outside of pulp fiction circles, Raoul Whitfield is primarily remembered today for two novels — Green Ice and Death in a Bowl. The latter was originally serialized in three consecutive issues of Black Mask, beginning with the September 1930 number. It introduced readers to Hollywood detective Ben Jardinn.
Sep 8, 2017 · And then came Raoul Whitfield. Whitfield’s first contribution to Black Mask (“Scotty Troubles Trouble,” March 1926) fit perfectly into the emerging “hard-boiled” mold of tough-talking heroes and non-stop action. The “Scotty” stories also ushered in a new genre in pulp fiction.
Raoul Whitfield. Writer: High Tide. Although born in New York, Raoul Fauconnier Whitfield's early life was shaped by his father's transfer to the Philippines, where he led the privilege life as the dependent of a Territorial Government bureaucrat.
- Writer
- November 22, 1896
- Raoul Whitfield
- January 24, 1945
May 21, 2018 · Whitfield holds the distinction of writing the first Hollywood PI novel – Death in a Bowl (a three-part serial for Black Mask in 1930). Whitfield, who came of the Carnegie line and was handsome enough to appear in silent films, married a Vanderbilt in 1933. But his marriage and his writing career quickly fell apart.
Raoul Whitfield was an American writer of adventure, aviation, and hardboiled crime fiction. During his writing career, from the mid-1920s to the mid-1930s, Whitfield published over 300 short stories and serials in pulp magazines, as well as nine books, including Green Ice (1930) and Death in a Bowl (1931).
Apr 29, 2020 · Despite the verdict of suicide, many of the locals believed–and still believe–that it was murder, and some speculated that Whitfield, by then living in California and watching his money run out, might have been involved.
