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Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen is both a fictional character and a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn, New York: Daniel (David) Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay (October 20, 1905–September 3, 1982) and Manford (Emanuel) Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee (January 11, 1905–April 3, 1971), to write detective fiction.

In a successful series of novels that covered 42 years, Ellery Queen served as both author's name and that of the detective-hero. Movies, radio shows, and television shows have been based on their works. The two, particularly Dannay, were also responsible for co-founding and directing Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, considered one of the most influential English crime fiction magazines of the last sixty-five years. They were also prominent historians in the field, editing numerous collections and anthologies of short stories such as The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes. The cousins also wrote four novels about a detective named Drury Lane using the pseudonym Barnaby Ross, and allowed the Ellery Queen name to be used as a house name for a number of novels written by other authors.

Under their collective pseudonym, the cousins were given the Grand Master Award for achievements in the field of the mystery story by the Mystery Writers of America in 1961.

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  • Cover of: Challenge to the reader;: An anthology

    First published in 1940 1 edition
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    First published in 1968 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Ellery Queen's Crime Carousel

    First published in 1966 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Inspector Queen's Own Case: November Song

    First published in 1956 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Queen's quorum: a history of the detective-crime short story as revealed in the 106 most important books published in this field since 1845

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  • Cover of: Masterpieces of Mystery Selected By Ellery Queen: Detective Directory-II

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  • Cover of: The Dragon's Teeth: A Problem in Deduction

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  • Cover of: Ellery Queen's Murder Menu; 22 Stories From Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

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  • Cover of: The finishing stroke

    First published in 1958 1 edition
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    First published in 1971 1 edition
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    First published in 2014 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The yellow cat mystery;

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Subjects
Fiction, mystery & detective, general, American Detective and mystery stories, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, English Detective and mystery stories, Novelists, Large type books, Fiction, general, Authors, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Fathers and sons, Police, Fiction in English, Short stories, Detective and mystery stories, American, Mystery and detective stories, Mystery, Children's fiction, Fiction, crime, Fiction, mystery & detective, collections & anthologies, detective fiction, California, fiction, Mystery fiction
Places
New York, New York (State), New York (N.Y.), London, Baker Street, California, England, Calcutta, Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), India, Japan, Paris, Surrey, 1, 221B Baker Street, 427 Park Lane, Australia, Bohemia, Calif.) Hollywood (Los Angeles, Camden House, Cave of Ali Baba, Cell 13, Charing Cross railway station, Church of St. Monica, Edgware Road
People
John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Ellery Queen, Archie, Duncan Ross, Jabez Wilson, John Clay, Mr. Merryweather, Police Inspector Jones, Vincent Spaulding, C. Auguste Dupin, Grimesby Roylott, Helen Stoner, Minister D—, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Stroke Moran, 1, Arthur Conan Doyle Sir (1859-1930), Carlos, Cindy Morrison, Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meiningen, Earl of Maynooth, Fortunato, Godfrey Norton, Inspector G. Lestrade
Time
20th century, 1890, 1, 15th century, 1888, 1894, 1942 (Appears Current-day), Mid 1930's, ca. 1940, carnival, late 1920's, xian dai

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  • OLID: OL20922A

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Alternative names

  • Ellery QUEEN
  • ellery queen
  • ELLERY QUEEN
  • Ellery Queen, Jr.
  • Queen, Ellery
  • Ellery Queen

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December 9, 2018 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 15, 2013 Edited by cal506 Added pseud.
April 21, 2013 Edited by cal506 Edited without comment.
November 28, 2010 Edited by Alan Millar merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import