Lawrence Arthur Goldstone (1903 - 1998), better known by his pseudonym, Lawrence Treat, was an American mystery writer, a pioneer of the genre of novels that became known as police procedurals. A practicing lawyer before turning to writing, he was a founding member of the Mystery Writers of America and a two-time winner of the MWA's Edgar Award. His first award came in 1965, for the short story "H as in Homicide"; his second was a Special Edgar Award in 1978 for editing a new edition of the Mystery Writer's Handbook, the MWA's guide for aspiring mystery writers, first published in 1956.
Selected works
- Run Far, Run Fast (1937)
- B as in Banshee (1940)
- D as in Dead (1941)
- H as in Hangman (1942)
- O as in Omen (1943)
- Wail for the Corpses (1943)
- Leather Man (1944)
- V as in Victim (1945)
- H as in Hunted (1946)
- Q as in Quicksand (1947)
- T as in Trapped (1947)
- F as in Flight (1948)
- Over the Edge (1948)
- Trial and Error (1949)
- Big Shot (1951)
- Lady, Drop Dead (1960)
- Venus Unarmed (1961)
- P as in Police (edited by Ellery Queen) (1970)
