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Wade, Henry
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- Between 1926 and 1968 Henry Wade wrote 20 detective novels. 13 of those were published in America. According to Dorothy SAyers, 'One of our best and soundest writers.'
Citations:
1. 'Henry Wade,' by Charles Shibuk, The Armchair Detective, Volume 1, Number 4, July 1968
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Wallace, Edgar
(Author, playwright) |
- born on 1 April 1875 in Greenwich, England and died on 10 February 1932 in Hollywood, California, USA. Prolific British writer. His first published novel was The Four Just Men.
Citations:
1. 'The Edgar Wallace I Knew," by Nigel Morland, The Armchair Detective, Volume 1, Number 3, April 1968, pg 68.
2. 'The Edgar Wallace Checklist," The Armchair Detective, Volume 1, Number 3, April 1968.
3. 'Making A Name For Myself,' by Penelope Westlake, chapter in the reference book Murder Ink edited by Dilys Wynne, Workman Publishing, copyright 1977
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Waugh, Hilary
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- The author of over 40 mystery novels. His Last Seen Wearing... (1952) was listed by the London Times as one of the hundred best mysteries ever written.
Citations:
1. 'The Real Detectives,' by Hilary Waugh, I, Witness: Personal Encounters With Crime by Members of the Mystery Writers of America, edited by Brian Garfield, NYT Times Books, 1978.
2. 'The Androgynous Name,' by Hilary Waugh, Murderess Ink, ed. by Dilys Winn, Workman Publishing, 1979.
3. 'The Human Rather Than Superhuman Sleuth,' by Hilary Waugh, The Murder Mystique, edited by Lucy Freeman. Frederick Ulgar Publishing, 1982.
This book is available from the CAIRO LIBRARY, and from www.abe.com.
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Wells, Carolyn
(American author) |
- Carolyn Wells was an important figurein the mystery genre during the early 1900s, as anthologist, 'how-to oracle,' and prolific writer.
Books on the web:
1. The Tecnnique of the Mystery Story. (1913). Available from Gaslight etext.
Citations:
1. 'On Carolyn Wells,' by Jon L. Breen, The Armchair Detective, Volume 3, Number 2, January 1970, pgs. 77-79.
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Wells, Helen
(Writer) |
- Author of the Cherry Ames nurse books and Vicki Barr flight stewardess series.
Citations:
1. 'Murder in Mother Goose,' by Helen Wells, The Murder Mystique, edited by Lucy Freeman. Frederick Ulgar Publishing, 1982.
This book is available from the CAIRO LIBRARY, and from www.abe.com.
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Westlake, Donald
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- born in 1931. Writer of several mystery series under various pseudonyms - including Tucker Coe, Timothy J. Culver, and Richard Stark. [Dossier under construction].
Citations:
1. 'Hearing Voices in My Head: Tucker Coe, Timothy J. Culver, Richard Stark and Donald Westlake,' by Donald Westlake, chaper in the reference book Murder Ink edited by Dilys Wynne, Workman Publishing, 1977, pg. 7.
2. Living With A Mystery Writer,' by Abby Adams, Murder Ink, Dilys Winn, ed, Workman Publishing, 1977, pg. 76.
3. 'Tangled Webs for Sale: Best Offer,' by Donald E. Westlake, I, Witness: Personal Encounters With Crime by Members of the Mystery Writers of America, edited by Brian Garfield, NYT Times Books, 1978.
4. 'Patterns of Guild and Isolation in Five Novels by 'Tucker Coe',' by Jane S. Bakerman, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Spring 1979, Number 2, pg. 118-121.
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Wetering, Janwillem van de
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(Swedish author) |
- Born in Sweden, the only non-Jewish child at his first school, and the only one to survive when the Nazis took over during World War II.
Citations:
1. 'An Interview With A Black Sheep of Amsterdam: Janwillem van de Wetering,' The Armchair Detective, Volume 13, Spring 1980, Number 2, pg. 98-107.
2. The Craft of Crime: Conversations with Crime Writers, by John C. Carr, 1983, Houghton Mifflin. Complete chapter interview.
Outsider in Amsterdam 1975
Tumbleweed 1976
Corpse on the Dike 1976
Death of a Hawker 1977
Japanese Corpse 1977
Blond Baboon 1978
Maine Massacre 1979
Mind-Murders 1981
Streetbird 1983
Rattle-Rat 1985
Hard Rain 1986
Just a Corpse at Twilight 1994
Hollow-Eyed Angel 1996
Perfidious Parrot 1997
The Amsterdam Detectives (short stories) 1999
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Whitfield, Raoul F.
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- American author of pulps.
Citations:
1. 'Raoul F. Whitfield, A Star With The Mask,' by E. R. Hageman, The Armchair Detective, Volume 13, Summer 1980, Number 3, pg 179-184.
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Wheatley, Dennis
(English author) |
- Born on January 8, 1897. Publisher of several detective novels and detective games in which actual, physical clues were packaged along with the books themselves.
Citations:
1. 'Dennis Wheatley, A Biographical Sketch and Bibliography,' by Iwan Hedman, The Armchair Detective, Volume 2, Number 4, July 1969, Pg. 227-236.
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Wodehouse, PG (Pelham Greville)
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(English author) |
- Most famous as the creator of comic novels featuring Jeeves and Wooster.
Citations:
1. 'The Mysterious Wodehouse,' by David A. Jasen, The Armchair Detective, Volume 3, Number 1, October 1969, pgs 38-39
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Woolrich, Cornell
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- American author.
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Citations:
1. 'Cornell Woolrich, Part 1,' by Francis M. Nevins, Jr., The Armchair Detective, Volume 2, Number 1, October 1968, Pg. 25
2. 'Immortals do Die: Cornell Woolrich, A Memoriam,' by Bill Thailling, The Armchair Detective, Volume 2, Number 3, April 1969, pg 161.
3. 'Cornell Woolrich, His Writings and His World, Part III' by Francis M. Nevins, Jr. The Armchair Detective, Volume 2, Number 3, April 1969, pg 180.
4. 'Cornell Woolrich: I Had Nobody,' by Steve Fisher, The Armchair Detective, Volume 3, Number 3, April 1970, pg 164.
5. 'A Woolrich Preview,' by Francis M. Nevins, Jr., The Armchair Detective, Volume 4, Number 3, April 1971, pg 144.
6. 'Cornell Woolrich: The Years Before Suspense' by Francis M. Nevins, Jr., The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Spring 1979, Number 2, pg 106-110.
7. 'Cornell Woolrich on the Small Screen,' by Francis M. Nevins, Jr., The Armchair Detective, Volume 17, Spring 1984, Number 2, pg 175.
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