Perry Mason Was Everyone’s Favorite Lawyer – But Not All Fans Will Know These Off-Screen Secrets

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19. Its author was also a lawyer

They say you should write about what you know. And that was certainly the case for Gardner, who’d forged a law career before settling behind the typewriter. However, it’s fair to say that the legal profession didn’t always hold his attention. In fact, The New York Times reported that the Valparaiso University School of Law once suspended Gardner just a month into his studies because of his “distracting interest in boxing.”

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