Lawrence Block
Lawrence Block Born (1938-06-24) June 24, 1938 (age 76) Buffalo, New York Pen name Chip Harrison, Paul Kavanagh, Lee Duncan, Sheldon Lord, others Occupation novelist, short-story writer Nationality United States Period 1958–present Genre Crime fiction, mystery fiction Website www.lawrenceblock.com Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York–set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. Block was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1994.