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Twentieth century crime and mystery writers.
- Title
- Twentieth century crime and mystery writers.
- Publication
- Chicago : St. James Press, ©1991.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Henderson, Lesley, 1963-
- Description
- xxxi, 1294 pages; 29 cm.
- Summary
- Cited in Sheehy and BCL3. The foremost reference in the field, completely revised and updated, and now covering about 600 authors, mainly English-language writers whose work appeared during or since the time of Conan Doyle. The entry for each writer consists of a biography, a bibliography, and a signed critical essay. Living authors were invited to add a comment on their work; many of them accepted, and their remarks are both entertaining and enlightening. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
- Series Statement
- Twentieth-century writers series
- Uniform Title
- Twentieth-century writers series
- Alternative Title
- Twentieth-century crime & mystery writers.
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Detective and mystery stories, English > Dictionaries
- Detective and mystery stories, American > Bibliography
- Detective and mystery stories, American > Dictionaries
- Detective and mystery stories, English > Bibliography
- American fiction > 20th century > Dictionaries
- English fiction > 20th century > Dictionaries
- Crime in literature > Dictionaries
- Detective and mystery stories, English > History and criticism
- Detective and mystery stories, American > History and criticism
- English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
- American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
- Crime in literature
- American fiction
- Crime in literature
- Detective and mystery stories, American
- Detective and mystery stories, English
- English fiction
- Misdaadverhalen
- Engels
- Amerikaans
- Detective and mystery stories, English > Dictionaries
- Detective and mystery stories, American > Bibliography
- Detective and mystery stories, American > Dictionaries
- Detective and mystery stories, English > Bibliography
- American fiction > 20th century > Dictionaries
- English fiction > 20th century > Dictionaries
- Crime in literature > Dictionaries
- Roman policier (genre littéraire) > Auteurs > Dictionnaires
- Genre/Form
- dictionaries.
- bibliographies.
- collective biographies.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Biographies
- Bibliographies
- Dictionaries
- Dictionaries.
- Bibliographies.
- Biographies.
- Dictionnaires.
- Note
- Cover title: Twentieth-century crime & mystery writers.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 1558620311
- 9781558620315
- LCCN
- 90063662
- OCLC
- ocm27816486
- 27816486
- SCSB-1952402
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library