author
Stephen Marlowe
1928–2008
A prolific American novelist who moved easily between science fiction, mystery, and historical fiction, he is especially remembered for the globe-trotting private eye Chester Drum and for imaginative novels built around figures like Columbus, Cervantes, and Poe.
52 Audiobooks
World Without Glamor
by Stephen Marlowe
The Cosmic Snare
by Stephen Marlowe
A Place in the Sun
by Stephen Marlowe
It's Raining Frogs!
by Stephen Marlowe
Stop, You're Killing Me!
by Stephen Marlowe
Centauri Vengeance
by Stephen Marlowe
World Beyond Pluto
by Stephen Marlowe
Fugue
by Stephen Marlowe
Revolt of the Outworlds
by Stephen Marlowe
Prison of a Billion Years
by Stephen Marlowe
A World Called Crimson
by Stephen Marlowe
Voyage To Eternity
by Stephen Marlowe
Black Eyes and the Daily Grind
by Stephen Marlowe
Home is Where You Left It
by Stephen Marlowe
World of the Hunter
by Stephen Marlowe
Picnic
by Stephen Marlowe
Finders keepers
by Stephen Marlowe
The Thing in the Truck
by Stephen Marlowe
Quickie
by Stephen Marlowe
Divvy up
by Stephen Marlowe
Summer Snow Storm
by Stephen Marlowe
Resurrection Seven
by Stephen Marlowe
Es Percipi
by Stephen Marlowe
No-Risk Planet
by Stephen Marlowe
The Old Way
by Stephen Marlowe
A Cold Night for Crying
by Stephen Marlowe
Disaster Revisited
by Stephen Marlowe
My sweetheart's the Man in the Moon
by Stephen Marlowe
The Graveyard of Space
by Stephen Marlowe
Pariah
by Stephen Marlowe
Think Yourself to Death
by Stephen Marlowe
My Shipmate—Columbus
by Stephen Marlowe
Quest of the Golden Ape
by Paul W. Fairman, Stephen Marlowe
We Run From the Hunted!
by Stephen Marlowe
Recruit for Andromeda
by Stephen Marlowe
Earthsmith
by Stephen Marlowe
Pen Pal
by Stephen Marlowe
Slaves to the Metal Horde
by Stephen Marlowe
Newshound
by Stephen Marlowe
Forever We Die!
by Stephen Marlowe
The One and the Many
by Stephen Marlowe
The Sense of Wonder
by Stephen Marlowe
Tyrants of Time
by Stephen Marlowe
The Dictator
by Stephen Marlowe
Planet of Doom
by Stephen Marlowe
Ride the Crepe Ring
by Stephen Marlowe
Jungle in the Sky
by Stephen Marlowe
The passionate pitchman
by Stephen Marlowe
Excitement for sale
by Stephen Marlowe
An eye for the ladies
by Stephen Marlowe
The agent
by Stephen Marlowe
Crack of doom
by Stephen Marlowe
About the author
Born Milton Lesser in Brooklyn in 1928, Stephen Marlowe built a long, varied writing career that stretched from pulp-era science fiction to crime novels and literary historical fiction. He wrote under several names, but Stephen Marlowe became the one most closely associated with his best-known work.
He published more than fifty novels and earned a wide readership for the Chester Drum mysteries, a series featuring a tough, internationally mobile private detective. Later in his career, he also drew praise for richly imagined biographical novels about major historical and cultural figures, showing how comfortably he could shift from fast-moving suspense to more reflective storytelling.
Marlowe studied at the College of William & Mary, later returned there as the school’s first writer in residence, and spent his final years in Williamsburg, Virginia. He died on February 22, 2008, leaving behind a body of work notable for its range, energy, and sheer storytelling drive.