Jerome Odlum

Jerome Odlum was an American writer. Odlum was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He served a term in prison for forgery. After his time in prison, he became a reporter and then managing editor of The Minneapolis News. Odlum was married in Minneapolis in 1937. His wife filed for divorce in 1939. He published a novel, Each Dawn I Die, in 1938. It was adapted to a film of the same name in 1939. Odlum then became a screenwriter. He was under contract to Paramount at $2,500 per month in 1939.