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Hagen, Ordean A.
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- Died of a heart attack on April 5,1969. Author of Who Done It?: An Encyclopeidc Guide to Mystery, Detective and Suspense Fiction.
Citations:
1. 'How I ''Done'' It,' by Odean Hagen, The Armchair Detective, Volume 1, January 1968, Number 2, pg. 45-47.
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Hammett, Dashiell
(American author)
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- Creator of Nick and Nora Charles, Sam Spade, the Continental Op.
Citations:
1. 'Hammett: A Reaction Report,' by William F. Nolan, The Armchair Detective, Volume 3, Number 3, April 1970, pg. 162
2. 'About Dashiell Hammett,' by William White, The Armchair Detective, Volume 3, Number 3, April 1970, pg. 172
3. 'Hammett: Postscript,' by William White, The Armchair Detective, Volume 3, Number 3, April 1970, pg. 175
4. 'Shadowing the Continental Op,' by William F. Nolan, The Armchair Detective, Volume 8, Number 2, February 1975, pg. 121
5. 'The Black Mask Boys Go Legit,' by William F. Nolan, The Armchair Detective, Volume 13, Number 1, Winter 1980, pg. 23-24 (reviews of Dashiell Hamett: A Descriptive Bibliography and Raymond Chandler: A Descriptive Bibliography.
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Hammill, Pete
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- Creator of Sam Briscoe.
Citations:
1. 'We Tell Stories,' by Pete Hammill, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Winter 1979, Number 1, pg. 3-5.
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Hare, Cyril
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(British Author) |
- Pseudonym of ALfred Alexander Gordon Clark, who was born in England in September, 1900, and died in 1958. Clark had married in 1933 and went to live in Cyril Mansions, Battersea. At this time he was employed in Hare Court, Temple, as a junior officer in a law firm.
Citations:
1. 'Cyril Hare,' by Charles Shibuk, The Armchair Detective, Volume 3, October 1969, Number 1, pg. 28-30.
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Harrington, Joseph
(American author) |
- His three books are:
The Last Known Address (1965)
Blind Spot (1966)
The Last Doorbell (1969) .
Citations:
1. 'Joseph Harrington's First Three Books,' by R. W. Hays, The Armchair Detective, Volume 4, January 1971, Number 2, pg 104-107.
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Highsmith, Patricia
(American author)
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- Born in Ft. Worth, Texas. Shares the same birthday as Edgar Allen Poe - January 19. Author of Strangers on a Train from which Hitchcock adapted his movie, and The Talented Mr. Ripley among others.
Citations:
1. 'The Cat Complex,' by Patricia Highsmith, Murderess Ink, edited by Dilys Winn, Workman Press, 1979.
2. 'Patricia Highsmith - Interview,' by Diana Cooper-Clark, The Armchair Detective, Volume 14, 1981, Number 4, pg 313.
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Hoch, Edward D.
(Writer)
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- A prolific short story writer and novelist. One time president of the Mystery Writers of America.
Citations:
1. 'A Simon Art Bibliography,' by Edward D. Hoch, The Armchair Detective,, Volume 3, Number 4, July 1970, pg. 248
2. 'Mystery Movies, Behind the Scenes,' Edward D. Hoch, The Murder Mystique, edited by Lucy Freeman. Frederick Ulgar Publishing, 1982.
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Hodgson, William Hope
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- English author of short stories of the supernatural, creator of Carnacki the Ghost Finder.
Citations:
1. 'William Hope Hodgson: Carnacki The Ghost-Finder' by Peter Christensen, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Spring 1979, Number 2, pg 122-124.
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Hughes, Dorothy B.
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- Wrote The So Blue Marble.
Citations:
1. 'The Grand Masters of Crime,' by Dorothy B. Hughes, Murderess Ink ed. by Dilys Winn, Workman Publishing, 1979. |
Hunter, Evan B.
(American author )
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- Writer, as Ed McBain, of the 87th Precinct novels. Wrote two filmscripts for Hitchcock - Marnie and The Birds. Wrote the book The Blackboard Jungle under his own name.
Citations:
1. 'The 'Mystery'' Career of Evan Hunter,' by Bill Pronzini, The Armchair Detective, Volume 5, Number 3, April 1972, pg. 129.
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