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American mystery and detective writers
- Title
- American mystery and detective writers / edited by George Parker Anderson.
- Publication
- Detroit : Thomson Gale, ©2005.
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| Text | Use in library | PS374.D4 A456 2005 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Anderson, George Parker, 1957-
- Description
- xxii, 475 pages : illustrations; 29 cm.
- Summary
- Essays on authors whose lives span the twentieth century and serve as examples in the complex evolution of an immensely popular genre that has been greatly affected by market forces. Their careers and works reveal changing perspectives on crime and punishment in American society and culture.
- Series Statement
- Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 306
- Uniform Title
- Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 306.
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Geschichte 1900-2004
- Detective and mystery stories, American > Bio-bibliography > Dictionaries
- American fiction > 20th century > Bio-bibliography > Dictionaries
- Authors, American > 20th century > Biography > Dictionaries
- Detective and mystery stories, American > Dictionaries
- American fiction > 20th century > Dictionaries
- American fiction
- Authors, American
- Detective and mystery stories, American
- Kriminalliteratur
- Schriftsteller
- Misdaadverhalen
- Schrijvers
- Misdaadromans
- Amerikaans
- USA
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bio-bibliography.
- Dictionaries.
- Reference works.
- Ouvrages de référence.
- Note
- "A Bruccoli Clark Layman book."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Michael Avallone (1925-1999) / Martin Kich -- Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1993) / Marvin Lachman -- Gil Brewer (1922-1983) / Timothy A. Dayton -- Paul Cain (1902-1966) / Peter Gunn -- Robert Campbell (1927- ) / Martin Kich -- John Dickson Carr (1906-1977) / Douglas G. Greene -- Mary Higgins Clark (1929- ) / Wendi Arrant-Kaspar -- Michael Connelly (1956- ) / George Parker Anderson -- Patricia Cornwell (1956- ) / Chuck Etheridge -- Amanda Cross (1926- ) / Chuck Etheridge -- Lester Dent (1904-1959) / Katherine M. Restaino -- Dominick Dunne (1925- ) / Katherine M. Restaino -- Stanley Ellin (1916-1986) / Katherine Restaino -- Elizabeth George (1949- ) / Karl L. Stenger -- Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) / Karl Stenger -- Tony Hillerman (1925- ) / Marvin Lachman -- Edward D. Hoch (1930- ) / Marvin Lachman -- Evan Hunter [Ed McBain] (1926- ) / Martin Kich -- Emma Lathen (1927-1997) / Marcia Dinneen -- Frances and Richard Lockridge (1896-1963; 1898-1982) / Marvin Lachman -- Dennis Lynds (Michael Collins) (1924- ) / Ward Lewis -- Francis Van Wyck Mason (1901-1978) / Peter Kenney -- John D. MacDonald (1916-1986) / Matt Theado -- Helen McCloy (1904-1992) / Anita G. Gorman -- Sharyn McCrumb (1948- ) / Marcia Dinneen -- Ralph McInerny (1926- ) / Anita G. Gorman -- Walter Mosley (1952- ) / Jack Cobbs -- Michael Nava (1954- ) / Karl Stenger -- Sara Paretsky (1947- ) / Peter Dempsey -- Robert B. Parker (1932- ) / Donna Waller Harper --
- George Pelecanos / Peter Gunn -- Mary Roberts Rinehart / Jan Cohn -- Rex Stout (1886-1975) / Bobbie Robinson -- S.S. Van Dine [Willard Huntington Wright] 1889-1939 / (Marvin Lachman) -- Judith Van Gieson (1941- ) / Carol Kay.
- ISBN
- 0787668435
- 9780787668433
- LCCN
- 2004018770
- OCLC
- ocm56198541
- 56198541
- SCSB-1363926
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library