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Leslie Elson Waller (April 1, 1923 – March 29, 2007)〔(Obituary: LESLIE WALLER (1923-2007) )〕 was an American writer. ==Biography== He is a son of Ukrainian immigrants and was born in Chicago, Illinois. He suffered from amblyopia and poliomyelitis〔(Leslie Waller: American author, he wrote The Banker and Dog Day Afternoon )〕 as a child, but graduated from Hyde Park High School〔(Leslie Waller )〕 by the age of 16. He was interested in writing from an early age, and became a police reporter before he went to Wilson Junior College. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1942 and continued to write, never leaving the US. His first published novel under his own name was ''Three Day Pass''. Before that, he published ''Lie Like a Lady'' under the pseudonym C.S. Cody. After World War II, he attended the University of Chicago and earned his M.A. from Columbia University.〔(Leslie Waller at Alibris.com )〕 He married Louise Hetzel. Together, they moved to New York City, where his second novel, ''Phoenix Island'', was published in 1953. The couple had two daughters, Elizabeth and Susan,〔(Noted author Leslie Waller, of Naples, dies at 83 )〕 and divorced in 1968. After the divorce, he married photographer and actress Patricia Mahen, and they moved to Calabria, Italy, in 1978 where they lived for 11 years and later moved to London.〔(Noted author Leslie Waller, of Naples, dies at 83 )〕 After 15 years abroad, they lived in Naples, Florida where he wrote, lectured, and contributed to Florida’s leading cultural magazine, the Naples Review.〔(Obituary: LESLIE WALLER (1923-2007) )〕 Waller worked as a public relations account executive at Harshe-Rotman and Druck in New York, servicing a variety of accounts, including Hertz Rent-a-Car. In the meantime, he continued to write novels and a children's book series, "A Book to Begin on...". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leslie Waller」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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