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Ellery Queen

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Brooklyn, New York City, New York, The United States

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Mystery & Thrillers, Detective

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aka Barnaby Ross.
(Pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee)
"Ellery Queen" was a pen name created and shared by two cousins, Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred B. Lee (1905-1971), as well as the name of their most famous detective. Born in Brooklyn, they spent forty two years writing, editing, and anthologizing under the name, gaining a reputation as the foremost American authors of the Golden Age "fair play" mystery.

Although eventually famous on television and radio, Queen's first appearance came in 1928 when the cousins won a mystery-writing contest with the book that would eventually be published as The Roman Hat Mystery. Their character was an amateur detective who used his spare time to assist his police inspector f ...more

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Average rating: 3.69 · 39,166 ratings · 4,455 reviews · 1,758 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Roman Hat Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #1) 3.54 avg rating — 3,625 ratings — published 1929 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Greek Coffin Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #4) 3.68 avg rating — 1,929 ratings — published 1932 — 105 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The French Powder Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #2) 3.80 avg rating — 1,764 ratings — published 1930 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chinese Orange Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #8) 3.64 avg rating — 1,806 ratings — published 1934 — 88 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dutch Shoe Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #3) 3.63 avg rating — 1,622 ratings — published 1931 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Egyptian Cross Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #5) 3.75 avg rating — 1,496 ratings — published 1932 — 101 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Siamese Twin Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #7) 3.63 avg rating — 1,496 ratings — published 1933 — 109 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cat of Many Tails (Ellery Queen Detective, #20) 3.86 avg rating — 1,142 ratings — published 1949 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventures of Ellery Queen 3.88 avg rating — 1,013 ratings — published 1968 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spanish Cape Mystery (Ellery Queen Detective, #9) 3.75 avg rating — 971 ratings — published 1935 — 101 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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