Henry Slesar
Novelist, TV Writer
1927 – 2002
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Who was Henry Slesar?
Henry Slesar was an American author, playwright, and copywriter. 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. Slesar wrote hundreds of scripts for television series and soap operas, leading TV Guide to call him "the writer with the largest audience in America."
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- Born
- Jun 12, 1927
Brooklyn - Also known as
- E. K. Jarvis
- Sley Harson
- Clyde Mitchell
- Lawrence Chandler
- O. H. Leslie
- Henry Sleasar
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Brooklyn
- Died
- Apr 2, 2002
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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