Lansdale
Americannoun
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He previously worked as a courthouse reporter at the Reporter newspaper in Lansdale, Pa. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor’s degree in English and history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Lansdale is a mordantly funny chronicler of Lone Star misdeeds who knows how to keep a plot furiously turning.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
Gen. Edward G. Lansdale, the counterinsurgency expert, and for 18 months accompanied combat patrols into the jungles and villages.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
Lansdale is an acquired taste a lot of readers have acquired, judging by the 50-plus novels and story collections he’s published.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2022
There was a Catholic school in neighboring Lansdale where the girls wore dark green skirts and the boys wore slacks.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
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