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- Birth nameJohn Phillips Marquand
- John P. Marquand was born on November 10, 1893 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was a writer, known for Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937), The Late George Apley (1947) and Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937). He was married to Adelaide Hooker and Christina Davenport Sedgwick. He died on July 16, 1960 in Newburyport, Kent's Island, Massachusetts, USA.
- SpousesAdelaide Hooker(1937 - 1958) (divorced, 3 children)Christina Davenport Sedgwick(September 1922 - 1935) (divorced, 2 children)
- He attended Harvard, where he majored in chemistry, and worked on the Harvard Lampoon.
- Author of five novels featuring Japanese secret agent Mr. Moto.
- Began his career writing romances and detective stories. His later novels often deal with the world of well-to-do American businessmen.
- I was sent to China in 1934 by the Saturday Evening Post with instructions to do a series of stories with authentic Oriental background. Naturally, I did a great deal of poking around in Chinese cities and finally wandered to Japan. There I was constantly shadowed by a polite little Japanese detective. Suddenly, it dawned on me that he was just the protagonist I was looking for - and while my shadow did his duty very conscientiously' 'Mr. Motto', the shrewd, the polite, the efficient sleuth was born.
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