birth_date: 1917-03-02 00:00:00
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name: David Goodis
about: Born and bred in Philadelphia, David Goodis was an American noir fiction writer. He grew up in a liberal, Jewish household in which his early literary ambitions were encouraged. After a short and inconclusive spell at Indiana University, he returned to Philadelphia to take a degree in journalism, graduating in 1937.
death_date: 1967-01-07 00:00:00