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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
Ebenezer Gryce
Gender: Male
Gryce was a New York detective and an older man when he was introduced in 1878. A.K. Green’s last book about him did not appear until 1917. He is a kind, somewhat rotund, arthritic bachelor who evades eye contact with the persons he interrogates. However, his friendly demeanour and his empathy with “ordinary people” makes him a successful detective.