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Sample of authors
Queen, Ellery
Ellery Queen is a pen name shared by Frederic Dannay, born Daniel Nathan, and Manfred B. (Bennington) Lee, born Manford Lepofsky, both from New York. They were cousins who attended Boy's High School, Brooklyn, together and later worked independently within PR and advertising before they started writing full time in 1931.
Ellery Queen is something of institution in the detective genre; the books...
Literary figures
Roger Bennion
Gender: Male
Even though he is comparatively young, he holds the rank of major, but is not active in the military. Roger Bennion comes from an affluent family, and spends most of his time playing golf and solving murder mysteries. He is a skilful amateur detective, a good friend of Chief Inspector Goff from Scotland Yard whom he helps investigate difficult cases in a number of whodunits by the English writer...