The Resume

(July 23, 1888-March 26, 1959)
Wrote 'Black Mask (1933),' 'The Big Sleep (1939),' 'Lady in the Lake (1943),' 'Double Indemnity (1944)' and The Blue Dahlia (1946)'

Why he might be annoying:

His wife was much older than he was when he got married.
Even though it helped make him rich, he had a very low esteem for Hollywood.
He started selling his stories while in his 40's.
He lost a vice president position at an oil company for being almost constantly drunk.
He adopted British citizenship (1907) and then reverted back to being an American years later (1956).
He attempted suicide.
His final book was unfinished when he died and had to be finished by a fan years later.

Why he might not be annoying:

His books had to be toned down and censored for film.
He encouraged Bond creator Ian Fleming to write.
He created the noir detective Philip Marlowe.
All of his novels were eventually adapted for film.
He suffered with a painful nervous disorder towards the end of his life.
He is considered a significant influence in crime fiction and film noir.

Credit: Captain Howdy

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Captain Howdy's Profiles [Series 5]
• E!'s Mysteries and Scandals
• Exiles
• I Died in 1959 (Ranked: 70)
• I Got a Pet Cat or Twenty
• I Write Pulp Fiction
• Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century [1999] (Ranked: 96)
• Look at Me and My Pet
• Look at Me, I Got My Arms Folded
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• NPR's 100 Best Literary Characters of the 20th Century [Authors - 2002] (Ranked: 25)
• Profiles 17001-17250 (Ranked: 17226)
• Satirized on Rocky and Bullwinkle
• Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels [Authors]
• Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time (Ranked: 8)
• Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time (Ranked: 13)
• Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time (Ranked: 21)
• Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time (Ranked: 59)
• Writers Featured in the Barnes & Noble Authors Mural

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 23 Votes: 26.09% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 36 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 41 Votes: 39.02% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 75 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 139 Votes: 46.76% Annoying