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- Birth nameLawrence Arthur Goldstone
- Lawrence Treat was born on December 21, 1903 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Suspense (1949), Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955). He was married to Margery Dallet. He died on January 7, 1998 in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, USA.
- SpouseMargery Dallet(June 1930 - 1939) (divorced)
- Legally changed his name to Lawrence Treat in 1940.
- Invented the "police procedural" subgenre of detective fiction.
- Began his professional life as a lawyer. Graduate of Dartmouth College and the Columbia University School of Law. Began to write after the dissolution of his law firm in 1928.
- Co-founder and previous president/treasurer of the Mystery Writers of America. Taught writing at Columbia and New York Universities, and at Adelphi College.
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