Lester Martin Schulman (born September 3, 1934), who writes as Les Martin, is an American writer of

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media tie-ins, particularly within the ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' fiction series.

Education and career

Schulman received a bachelor of arts degree from

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in 1955. He was an editor for

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(1963–1965),

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(1966–1967), and

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from 1969.

Select bibliography

''Indiana Jones''

* ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' (1984) – young-adult novelization of the 1984 film * ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989) – young-adult novelization of the 1989 film

Young Indiana Jones

Young-adult novels set in the Young Indiana Jones universe * ''Young Indiana Jones and the Tomb of Terror'' (1990) * ''Young Indiana Jones and the Secret City'' (1990) * ''Young Indiana Jones and the Princess of Peril'' (1991) * ''Young Indiana Jones and the Gypsy Revenge'' (1991) * ''Field of Death'' (1992) * ''Trek of Doom'' (1992) * ''Prisoner of War'' (1993) * ''Young Indiana Jones and the Titanic Adventure'' (1993)

''X-Files''

* ''X Marks the Spot'' (1995) – novelization of the

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episode from 1993 * ''Darkness Falls'' (1995) – novelization of the first season ''X-Files'' episode " Darkness Falls" from 1994 * ''Tiger, Tiger'' (1996) – novelization of the second season ''X-Files'' episode " Fearful Symmetry" from 1995 * ''Humbug'' (1996) – novelization of the second season ''X-Files'' episode "

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" from 1995 * ''Fear'' (1996) – novelization of the second season ''X-Files'' episode "

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" from 1994. * ''E. B. E.'' (1996) – novelization of the first season ''X-Files'' episode " E.B.E." from 1994 * ''Die, Bug, Die!'' (1997) – novelization of the third season ''X-Files'' episode " War of the Coprophages" from 1996 * ''Ghost in the Machine'' – novelization of the first season ''X-Files'' episode "

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" from 1993 * ''Fresh Bones'' (1997) – novelization of the second season ''X-Files'' episode " Fresh Bones" from 1995 * ''The Host'' (1997) – novelization of the second season ''X-Files'' episode " The Host" from 1994 * ''Quarantine'' (1999) – novelization of the second season ''X-Files'' episode " F. Emasculata" from 1995

Other novelizations

* ''Blade Runner'' (1982) – photo-illustrated novelization based on the screenplay for the 1982 film * ''The Bride: A Tale of Love and Doom'' (1985) – novelization of the 1985 film '' The Bride'' * ''The Shadow'' (1994) – novelization of the 1994 film

Anthologies

All anthologies were edited under the name L. M. Schulman: * ''Come Out the Wilderness'' (1965) * ''Winners and Losers: An Anthology of Great Sports Fiction'' (1968) * ''The Loners: Short Stories About the Young and Alienated'' (1970) * ''The Cracked Looking Glass: Stories of Other Realities'' (1971) * ''Travelers: Stories of Americans Abroad'' (1972) * ''A Woman's Place: An Anthology of Short Stories'' (1974) * ''Autumn Light: Illuminations of Age" (1978) * ''The Random House of Sports Stories'' (1990), illustrated by Thomas B. Allen * ''Shakespeare's Life and World'' (2016), with

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