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Paul, Barbara
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- Author of the Sg. Marian Larch mysteries (The Renewable Virgin, He Huffed and He Puffed and many more, stand-alone mysteries, and science-fiction.
Citations:
1. Barbara Paul Website: a very elegant website hosted by Paul herself, with lots of information on her books, creative processes, etc.
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Paretsky, Sara.
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- Creator of V.I. Warshawski female private detective.
Citations:
1. 'Trouble is her Business: Interview with Sara Paretsky,' by Catherine M. Nelson, The Armchair Detective magazine, Volume 24, Number 3, Summer, 1991, pg. 260.
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Parker, Robert B.
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- 'Robert B. Parker writes the best American hard-boiled detective fiction since Ross Macdonald and Raymond Chandler.' His detective, Spenser, began in the 1970s.
Citations:
1. The Craft of Crime: Conversations with Crime Writers, by John C. Carr, 1983, Houghton Mifflin. Complete chapter interview.
2. 'A Dialogue With Robert B. Parker,' by Anne Ponder, The Armchair Detective magazine, Volume 17, Number 4, Fall 1984.
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Penzler, Otto
(Publisher, collector, editor, writer) |
- Published the classic mystery book series under the imprint Gregg Press. Co-editedThe Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection and The Detectionary.
Citations:
1. 'Collecting Detective Fiction,' by Otto Penzler, chaper in the reference book Murder Ink edited by Dilys Wynn, Workman Publishing, copyright 1977.
2. Otto Penzler biography on the web, via his bookstore.
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Peters, Ellis
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- Ellis Peters, author of several mystery series.
Citations:
1. 'Death and the Joyful Woman,' by Ellis Peters, critical analysis by L. David Allen, PhD, Cliff Notes: Detective in Fiction, 1978.
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Philips, Judson
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- Otherwise known by his pseudonym, Hugh Pentecost. Series detectives as Philips: Peter Styles, as Pentecost: Pierre Chambrne.
Citations:
1. 'A COnversation With Judson Philips,' by Bernard A. Drew, The Armchair Detective, Volume 13, Number 4, Fall 1980, pg. 325-330.
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Philips, Louis
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- Writer. Contributor of poems to The Armchair Detective magazine.
Citations:
1. 'Alibis,' by Louis Philips, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Winter 1979, Volume 1, pg 63. (poem references Hercule Poirot, Bulldog Drummond, Dr. Gideon Fell, Samuel Spade, Nero Wolfe, Simon Templar, Della Street and Perry Mason.
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Poe, Edgar Allan
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- Born in Boston, Massachussetts, USA on June 19, 1809 and died in Baltimore on October 7, 1849. Creator of Auguste Dupin.
Citations:
1. 'Poe and the Detective Story,' by J.R. Christopher, The Armchair Detective, Volume 2, Number 1, Ocober 1968, pg. 49.
2. 'Poe on ''Trial'',' by sam Moskowiz, The Armchair Detective, Volume 4, Number 1, Ocober 1970, pg. 10.
3. 'The Purloined Letter,' critical analysis in Cliff Notes: Detective in Fiction, by L. David Allen, PhD, 1978.
4. Complete text of most of his 120 short stories and poems, biography, etc. available at this Edgar Allan Poe website.
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Post, Melville Davisson
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- Melville Davisson Post was born on 19 Apr 1869 and died on 23 June 1930. He was a lawyer, and a Democratic candidate for President of the United States in 1924. He wrote 13 mystery/detective story collections with series characters Uncle Abner [see entry under Abner, Uncle], Sir Henry Marquis, Randolph Mason, 4 unrelated novels and numerous nonfiction articles - most published in the Saturday Evening Post [Dated Death: Saturday Evening Post entry.
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Pronzini, Bill
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- Popular American author.
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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