Les Martin


Lester Martin Schulman, who writes as Les Martin, is an American writer of speculative fiction media tie-ins, particularly within the Blade Runner, Frankenstein, Indiana Jones, and The X-Files fiction series.

Education and career

Schulman received a bachelor of arts degree from Antioch College in 1955. He was an editor for Popular Library, Bantam Books, and Dell Publishing from 1969.

Select bibliography

''Indiana Jones''

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom – young-adult novelization of the 1984 filmIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade – young-adult novelization of the 1989 film

Young Indiana Jones

Young-adult novels set in the Young Indiana Jones universeYoung Indiana Jones and the Tomb of Terror Young Indiana Jones and the Secret City Young Indiana Jones and the Princess of Peril Young Indiana Jones and the Gypsy Revenge Field of Death Trek of Doom Prisoner of War
  • ''Young Indiana Jones and the Titanic Adventure''

''X-Files''

X Marks the Spot – novelization of the X-Files pilot episode from 1993Darkness Falls – novelization of the first season X-Files episode "Darkness Falls" from 1994Tiger, Tiger – novelization of the second season X-Files episode "Fearful Symmetry" from 1995Humbug – novelization of the second season X-Files episode "Humbug" from 1995Fear – novelization of the second season X-Files episode "Blood" from 1994.E. B. E. – novelization of the first season X-Files episode "E.B.E." from 1994Die, Bug, Die! – novelization of the third season X-Files episode "War of the Coprophages" from 1996Ghost in the Machine – novelization of the first season X-Files episode "Ghost in the Machine" from 1993Fresh Bones – novelization of the second season X-Files episode "Fresh Bones" from 1995The Host – novelization of the second season X-Files episode "The Host" from 1994Quarantine – novelization of the second season X-Files episode "F. Emasculata" from 1995

Other novelizations

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

Anthologies

All anthologies were edited under the name L. M. Schulman:Come Out the Wilderness Winners and Losers: An Anthology of Great Sports Fiction The Loners: Short Stories About the Young and Alienated The Cracked Looking Glass: Stories of Other Realities Travelers: Stories of Americans Abroad A Woman's Place: An Anthology of Short Stories Autumn Light: Illuminations of Age The Random House of Sports Stories, illustrated by Thomas B. AllenShakespeare's Life and World, with Katherine Duncan-Jones