FTP, name this American writer whose novel
Ian Fleming induced this writer to interview Lucky Luciano in Naples, resulting in the essay "My Friend Luco."  He died shortly thereafter, leaving Poodle Springs unfinished in the wake of the failure of his last complete novel, Playback.  He skewered Hollywood in The Little Sister and used an upstate California setting in The Lady in the Lake.  All of those works featured his most famous character, who would meet his future wife in The Long Goodbye.  FTP, name this American writer whose novel The Big Sleep introduced the detective Philip Marlowe.
Ian Fleming induced this writer to interview Lucky Luciano in Naples, resulting in the essay "My Friend Luco."  
Raymond Chandler