This is a bibliography of works by and about the American writer Erle Stanley Gardner.

Mystery series Perry Mason

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Short stories Year Title Publisher Publication date Notes 1947 August 1947 1948 June 1948 1950 Radio and Television Mirror May 1950 1953 Collier's January 17, 1953

Cool and Lam

Year Title Publisher Publication date Notes 1939 Morrow January 1939 1939 Hard Case Crime December 2016 1940 Turn on the Heat Morrow January 1940 1940 Gold Comes in Bricks Morrow September 1940 1941 Spill the Jackpot! Morrow March 1941 1941 Double or Quits Morrow December 1941 1942 Owls Don't Blink Morrow June 1942 1942 Bats Fly at Dusk Morrow September 1942 1943 Cats Prowl at Night Morrow August 1943 1944 Give 'em the Ax Morrow September 1944 1946 Crows Can't Count Morrow April 1946 1947 Fools Die on Friday Morrow September 1947 1949 Bedrooms Have Windows Morrow January 1949 1952 Top of the Heap Morrow February 1952 1953 Some Women Won't Wait Morrow September 1953 1956 Beware the Curves Morrow November 1956 1957 You Can Die Laughing Morrow March 1957 1957 Some Slips Don't Show Morrow October 1957 1958 Morrow June 1958 1959 Pass the Gravy Morrow February 1959 1960 Kept Women Can't Quit Morrow September 1960 1961 Bachelors Get Lonely Morrow March 1961 1961 Shills Can't Cash Chips Morrow November 1961 1962 Try Anything Once Morrow April 1962 1963 Fish or Cut Bait Morrow April 1963 1964 Up for Grabs Morrow March 1964 1965 Cut Thin to Win Morrow April 1965 1966 Widows Wear Weeds Morrow May 1966 1967 Traps Need Fresh Bait Morrow March 1967 1970 All Grass isn't Green Morrow March 1970

Doug Selby

Year Title Publisher Publication date Notes 1937 Morrow January 1937 1938 Morrow November 1938 1939 Morrow September 1939 1940 Morrow June 1940 1942 Morrow January 1942 1944 Morrow January 1944 1946 Morrow February 1946 1948 Morrow October 1948 1949 Morrow August 1949

Terry Clane Year Title Publisher Publication date Notes 1937 Murder Up My Sleeve Morrow November 1937 Cosmopolitan, September 1937 1946 Morrow July 1946

Gramps Wiggins

Per the foreword to The Case of the Smoking Chimney, Gramps Wiggins is based on someone that Erle Stanley Gardner met: "More frequently than they realise, authors are inspired by outstanding individuals whom they meet. Two years ago in New Orleans I met a litle old chap who has as much bounce as a rubber ball, whose eyes sparkle with enthusiasm, whose white hair shaggles down around his shoulders. His name is Wood Whitesell." Whitesell was a photographer who didn't care about money and was frequently too busy to think about eating, as he tried to crowd all the activities he wanted to do into the day. Gardner said "Whitesell and Gramp Wiggins are, of course, two distinct entities, although they have numerous points in common. To what extent Gramps was inspired by Whitesell even I don't know. All I know is that after a winter in New Orleans during which I became well acquainted with Whitesell, Gramp Wiggins walked into my consciousness one day and demanded to be set down on paper. As I began to portray Gramps, I realized how very much in common he had with Wood Whitesell."

Year Title Publisher Publication date Notes 1941 Morrow July 1941 1943 Morrow January 1943

Other fiction Novels Year Title Publisher Publication date Notes 1935 Morrow January 1935 Sidney Griff book, as Carleton Kendrake 1935 This Is Murder Morrow June 1935 Sam Moraine book, as Charles J. Kenny 1935 Newspaper Enterprise Association Service March–May 1935 Book-length serialization, as Carleton Kendrake 1950 Morrow June 1950 Serialized as "The Case of the Smuggler's Bell" in Collier's, March 25 – April 29, 1950 1961 Argosy September 1961 Ed Jenkins book-length

Short stories and novellas