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Also Known As Rex Todhunter Stout
Born December 1, 1886 • Indiana
Died October 27, 1975 (aged 88) • Danbury • Connecticut
Notable Works “Fer-de-Lance”
Author Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly
American author
Grafton, Sue
Sue Grafton
American writer
Erle Stanley Gardner
Erle Stanley Gardner
American author
One-half of the writing team behind “Ellery Queen”
Ellery Queen
American author
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Mickey Spillane
American author
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Ross Macdonald
American author
Carr, John Dickson
John Dickson Carr
American author
Master of the macabre
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer
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Sara Paretsky
American author
Master of the hard-boiled detective story
Dashiell Hammett
American writer
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James Crumley
American author
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Stephen Dobyns
American poet
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Metta Victoria Fuller Victor
American author
Green, Anna Katharine
Anna Katharine Green
American author
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John P. Marquand
American novelist
Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler
American writer
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Carolyn Wells
American writer
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S.S. Van Dine
American critic, editor, and author
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Earl Derr Biggers
American novelist and playwright
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Ira Levin
American author