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Stanley Ellin


Born
in Brooklyn, New York, The United States
October 06, 1916

Died
July 31, 1986

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Short Stories


Stanley Bernard Ellin was a mystery writer of short stories and novels. He won the Edgar Allan Poe Award three times and the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere once, and in 1981 he was awarded with the Mystery Writers of America's highest honor, the Grand Master Award. ...more

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Average rating: 3.79 · 2,566 ratings · 474 reviews · 163 distinct works • Similar authors
The Specialty of the House ...
4.17 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 1979 — 20 editions
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The Eighth Circle
3.66 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 1958 — 40 editions
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Very Old Money
3.69 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1985 — 14 editions
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The Key to Nicholas Street
3.71 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1952 — 25 editions
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Dreadful Summit
3.91 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1948 — 23 editions
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House Of Cards
3.77 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1968 — 26 editions
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
3.48 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1972 — 14 editions
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Death on Christmas Eve
3.36 avg rating — 45 ratings
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The Valentine Estate
3.50 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1968 — 16 editions
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The Bind
3.94 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1971 — 7 editions
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“No one put a gun to your head and ordered you to become a writer. One writes out of his own choice and must be prepared to take the rough spots along the road with a certain equanimity, though allowed some grinding of the teeth.”
― Stanley Ellin
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“It is always hard for a man to know that he is the agent of divine providence and yet remain anonymous”
― Stanley Ellin, The Eighth Circle by Stanley Ellin, Mystery Novel, Paperback, 1975
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“So in the eighth circle are the liars, flatterers, and sellers of office, the fortune tellers, hypocrites, and thieves, the pimps and grafters, and all such scum.”
― Stanley Ellin, The Eighth Circle
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