Erle Stanley Gardner

Erle Stanley Gardner (July 17, 1889 – March 11, 1970) was a prolific American author. A former lawyer, he is best known for the Perry Mason series of legal detective stories, but he wrote numerous other novels and shorter pieces and also a series of nonfiction books, mostly narrations of his travels through Baja California and other regions in Mexico.

The best-selling American author of the 20th century at the time of his death, Gardner also published under numerous pseudonyms, including A. A. Fair, Carl Franklin Ruth, Carleton Kendrake, Charles M. Green, Charles J. Kenny, Edward Leaming, Grant Holiday, Kyle Corning, Les Tillray, Robert Parr, Stephen Caldwell, and once as the Perry Mason character Della Street ("The Case of the Suspect Sweethearts"). Three stories were published as Anonymous ("A Fair Trial", "Part Music and Part Tears", and "You Can't Run Away from Yourself" aka "The Jazz Baby")

• The case of the gilded lily
  The case of the gilded lily 1956
• The case of the dangerous dowager

  
  The case of the dangerous dowager 1937
• The case of the Black-Eyed Blonde

  
  The case of the Black-Eyed Blonde 1944
• The Case of the Reluctant Model

  
  The Case of the Reluctant Model 1962
• The case of the half-wakened wife
  The case of the half-wakened wife 1945
• The case of the golddigger's purse

  
  The case of the golddigger's purse 1942
• The Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse

  
  The Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse 1947
• The case of the buried clock

  
  The case of the buried clock 1943
• The case of the fan-dancer's horse / The case of the hesitant hostess

  
  The case of the fan-dancer's horse / The case of the hesitant hostess 1977
• Owls don't blink
  Owls don't blink 1942
• The case of the caretaker's cat
  The case of the caretaker's cat 1955
• The case of the vagabond virgin

  
  The case of the vagabond virgin 1948
• The case of the fabulous fake

  
  The case of the fabulous fake 1969
• The case of the golddigger's purse / The case of the buried clock
  The case of the golddigger's purse / The case of the buried clock 1975
• The case of the fugitive nurse
  The case of the fugitive nurse 1954
• The Case of the Bigamous Spouse
  The Case of the Bigamous Spouse 1961
• The case of the deadly toy

  
  The case of the deadly toy 1959
• The case of the lazy lover / The case of the dubious bridegroom
  The case of the lazy lover / The case of the dubious bridegroom 1975
• The case of the glamorous ghost

  
  The case of the glamorous ghost 1955
• The Case of the Demure Defendant
  The Case of the Demure Defendant 1956
• The case of the daring divorcee

  
  The case of the daring divorcee 1964
• The case of the howling dog

  
  The case of the howling dog 1934
• The case of the substitute face
  The case of the substitute face 1938
• The case of the lonely heiress

  
  The case of the lonely heiress 1948