Ellery Queen, Jr.
Ellery Queen is a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn Daniel Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay (1905 1982), and Manford (Emanuel) Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee (1905 1971) to write detective fiction. In a successful series of novels that covered forty-two years, Ellery Queen served as both the authors name and that of the detective-hero. The cousins also cofounded and directed Ellery Queen s Mystery Magazine, one of the most influential English crime-fiction magazines of...See more
Ellery Queen is a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn Daniel Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay (1905 1982), and Manford (Emanuel) Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee (1905 1971) to write detective fiction. In a successful series of novels that covered forty-two years, Ellery Queen served as both the authors name and that of the detective-hero. The cousins also cofounded and directed Ellery Queen s Mystery Magazine, one of the most influential English crime-fiction magazines of the twentieth century. They were given the Grand Master Award for achievements in the field of the mystery story by the Mystery Writers of America in 1961. See less
Ellery Queen, Jr.'s Featured Books
Ellery Queen, Jr. book reviews
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The Roman Hat Mystery
A classic whodunit
This is one of the best whodunit puzzles written by Ellery Queen (a pen name) during the so called "Golden Age" of the detective novel. Although the writing is brisk and the characters interesting, ... Read More
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The Roman Hat Mystery
Excellent Mystery Story
by NJJim, Aug 23, 2007
Very well written, good plot and character developmnent, and the story kept me engrossed such that I could not wait to turn each page to continue the mystery. Not until the very end of the mystery, ... Read More
