Family
mother:Florence Chandler (divorced from Chandler's father in 1895; died in January 1924)
wife:Pearl Eugenie Hurlburt (born in October 29, 1870; was married at time they began relationship in 1919; had already been married and divorced once; divorced second husband to be with Chandler; married on February 6, 1924; at time of wedding, claimed to have been born in 1881; died on December 12, 1954)
Companion(s)
Helga Greene
, Companion
, ```..Chandler proposed to her in February 1959
Jessica Tyndale
, Companion
, ```..met on a cruise to England in 1955
1953 Published sixth Marlowe novel, "The Long Goodbye"
1951 Co-wrote the screenplay for "Strangers on a Train", directed by Alfred Hitchcock; last produced script
1945 Only film as solo writer, "The Blue Dahlia"
1944 First film as co-writer (with director Billy Wilder), "Double Indemnity"; the 1972 TV version credits original screenplay as partial basis
1942 First film credit "The Falcon Takes Over", based on "Farewell, My Lovely"
1940 "Farewell, My Lovely" published; sold film rights the following year to RKO for $2000
1939 Published first novel "The Big Sleep" which had detective Philip Marlowe as protagonist
1933 Sold first story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot," to Black Mask magazine; published in December issue
1917 - 1919 Served in the Canadian Army and later the Royal Air Force during WWI
1912 Moved back to the USA
1908 Published first poem in Chamber's Journal
1907 Became a naturalized British citizen and went to work at the Admiralty
Born in Chicago but raised in England after parents' divorce
Worked as a teacher at Dulwich College Prepatory School
Was a journalist for the Daily Express and the Western Gazette
Published book of poetry in England called "The Rose-Leaf Romance"
Worked as a bank clerk, a reporter for San Francisco's Daily Express , and as a bookkeeper; eventually fired as a result of his alcoholism
Wrote 19 stories published in Black Mask, Dime Detective and Detective Fiction Week