During the Depression, he worked at a variety of jobs, and after graduating from East High School in Denver, Colorado, he attended Northwestern University on a scholarship, and contributed short plays to drama groups. At 10, Sidney made his first sale, US$5 for a poem. His parents, of Russian Jewish ancestry, were Ascher 'Otto' Schechtel (1894–1967), manager of a jewelry store, and Natalie Marcus. Sheldon was born Sidney Schechtel' in Chicago, Illinois.
6.7 Sidney Sheldon books by Tilly Bagshawe.
