# Les Martin > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Les_Martin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Les_Martin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Martin > Source revision: 1352517242 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Lester Martin Schulman** (born September 3, 1934), who writes as **Les Martin**,[1] is an American writer of [speculative fiction](/source/Speculative_fiction) [media tie-ins](/source/Tie-in), particularly within the *[Blade Runner](/source/Blade_Runner_(franchise))*, *[Frankenstein](/source/Frankenstein)*, *[Indiana Jones](/source/Indiana_Jones)*, and *[The X-Files](/source/The_X-Files_literature)* fiction series. ## Education and career Schulman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from [Antioch College](/source/Antioch_College) in 1955.[2] He was an editor for [Popular Library](/source/Popular_Library) (1963–1965), [Bantam Books](/source/Bantam_Books) (1966–1967), and [Dell Publishing](/source/Dell_Publishing) from 1969.[2] ## Select bibliography ### *Indiana Jones* - *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom* (1984) – young-adult novelization of the [1984 film](/source/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Temple_of_Doom) - *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* (1989) – young-adult novelization of the [1989 film](/source/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Last_Crusade) ### Young Indiana Jones [Young-adult](/source/Young_adult_fiction) novels set in the [Young Indiana Jones](/source/The_Young_Indiana_Jones_Chronicles) universe - *Young Indiana Jones and the Tomb of Terror* (1990)[3] - *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 [X-Files](/source/The_X-Files) [pilot](/source/Pilot_(The_X-Files)) episode from 1993 - *Darkness Falls* (1995) – novelization of the first season *X-Files* episode "[Darkness Falls](/source/Darkness_Falls_(The_X-Files))" from 1994 - *Tiger, Tiger* (1996) – novelization of the second season *X-Files* episode "[Fearful Symmetry](/source/Fearful_Symmetry_(The_X-Files))" from 1995 - *Humbug* (1996) – novelization of the second season *X-Files* episode "[Humbug](/source/Humbug_(The_X-Files))" from 1995 - *Fear* (1996) – novelization of the second season *X-Files* episode "[Blood](/source/Blood_(The_X-Files))" from 1994.[4] - *E. B. E.* (1996) – novelization of the first season *X-Files* episode "[E.B.E.](/source/E.B.E._(The_X-Files))" from 1994[5] - *Die, Bug, Die!* (1997) – novelization of the third season *X-Files* episode "[War of the Coprophages](/source/War_of_the_Coprophages)" from 1996[6] - *Ghost in the Machine* – novelization of the first season *X-Files* episode "[Ghost in the Machine](/source/Ghost_in_the_Machine_(The_X-Files))" from 1993 - *Fresh Bones* (1997) – novelization of the second season *X-Files* episode "[Fresh Bones](/source/Fresh_Bones)" from 1995 - *The Host* (1997) – novelization of the second season *X-Files* episode "[The Host](/source/The_Host_(The_X-Files))" from 1994 - *Quarantine* (1999) – novelization of the second season *X-Files* episode "[F. Emasculata](/source/F._Emasculata)" from 1995[7] ### Other novelizations - *Blade Runner* (1982) – photo-illustrated novelization based on the screenplay for the [1982 film](/source/Blade_Runner) - *The Bride: A Tale of Love and Doom* (1985) – novelization of the 1985 film *[The Bride](/source/The_Bride_(1985_film))* - *The Shadow* (1994) – novelization of the [1994 film](/source/The_Shadow_(1994_film))[8] ### 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)[9] - *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](/source/Thomas_B._Allen_(painter))[10] - *Shakespeare's Life and World* (2016), with [Katherine Duncan-Jones](/source/Katherine_Duncan-Jones) ## References 1. ["Martin, Les"](http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/martin_les). *The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction*. October 26, 2021. 1. *Robert Reginald, Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Volume 2*. 1979. 1. ["Young Indiana Jones and the Tomb of Terror by Les Martin – review"](https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2014/jun/17/review-young-indiana-jones-tomb-of-terror-les-martin). *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*. June 17, 2014. 1. Oram, John D. (1997). "Review of "Fear"". *[Vector](/source/Vector_(journal)) 194*. p. 34. 1. Oram, John D. (1997). "Review of "E.B.E."". *[Vector](/source/Vector_(journal)) 194*. p. 34. 1. Oram, John D. (1997). "Review of "Die, Bug, Die!"". *[Vector](/source/Vector_(journal)) 194*. p. 34. 1. Wilkinson, Gary (2000). "Review of "X-Files: Quarantine"". *[Vector](/source/Vector_(journal)) 214*. p. 26. 1. uncredited (1996). "Review of "The Shadow"". *Pulp Vault, November 1996*. p. 71. 1. ["For Young Readers"](https://www.nytimes.com/1970/03/01/archives/for-young-readers.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. March 1, 1970. 1. ["Children's Books: Bookshelf"](https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/02/books/children-s-books-bookshelf-295190.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. December 2, 1990. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Les Martin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Martin) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Martin?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.