Title: Chester (given name)
Content:  ; Chester C. Chattin (1909–1979), Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court ; Chester Conklin (1886–1971), American comedian and actor ; Chester Conn (1894–1973), American composer of popular music ; Chester Crocker (born 1941), American diplomat ; Chester Cruikshank (1913–1970), American athlete ; Chester Dale (1883–1962), American banker, major donor to the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC ; Chester Gould (1900–1985), American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip ; Chester Himes (1909–1984), American writer, author of If He Hollers Let Him Go ; Chester E. Holifield (1903–1995), United States Representative from California ; Chester Kallman (1921–1975), American writer ; Chester Ludgin (1925–2003), American 
Title: Harold Schechter
Content:  Schechter is Professor Emeritus at Queens College, and specializes in American true crime, specifically serial murders of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Using primary sources such as newspaper clippings and court records, he supplies thorough documentation of every case he profiles, while still managing to create compelling narratives and fully fleshed-out characters. His 2014 book, The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac the Model, and the Crime that Shook the Nation, was nominated for an Edgar Award in the Best Fact Crime category. In addition to his work as a crime historian, Schechter is the author of an acclaimed series of detective novels based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Under the pseudonym H. C. Chester, he 
Title: The Checkered Demon
Content:  The Checkered Demon is a fictional character created by S. Clay Wilson, one of the leading underground comix artists of the 1960s. The character debuted in 1967 in Groulish magazine; his comix debut was in Zap Comix #2, in 1968.
Title: James Hadley Chase
Content:  James Hadley Chase (24 December 1906 – 6 February 1985) was an English writer. While his birth name was René Lodge Brabazon Raymond, he was well known by his various pseudonyms, including James Hadley Chase, James L. Docherty, Raymond Marshall, R. Raymond, and Ambrose Grant. He was one of the best known thriller writers of all time. The canon of Chase, comprising 90 titles, earned him a reputation as the king of thriller writers in Europe. He was also one of the internationally best-selling authors, and to date 50 of his books have been made into films.
Title: Gambit (novel)
Content: Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime — There is more detection in this story than in any other of the mulling-and-quizzing sort; here we really see Nero Wolfe's thoughts whirring. Moreover, Archie is in excellent form, and although a chess tournament is a feature, the game itself is not. The great scene is that in which Nero reads and burns the pages of Webster's Dictionary, Third Edition. ; Nancy Pearl, Book Lust — When Stout is on top of his game, which is most of the time, his diabolically clever plotting and his storytelling ability exceed that of any other mystery writer you can name, including Agatha Christie, who invented her own eccentric genius detective Hercule Poirot. Although in the years since Stout's death I find myself going back and rereading his entire oeuvre every year or two, I return with particular pleasure to these five novels: The Doorbell Rang; Plot It Yourself; Murder by the Book; Champagne for One; and Gambit. 
Title: Chester Conn
Content:  Chester Conn (né Master Chester Cohn; April 14, 1894 in San Francisco, California – April 4, 1973 in Flushing, Queens) was an American composer of popular music and music publisher.
Title: Alfred Chester
Content:  Alfred Chester (September 7, 1928 – August 1, 1971) was an American writer known for his provocative, experimental work, including the novels Jamie Is My Heart's Desire and The Exquisite Corpse and the short story collection Behold Goliath.
Title: Chester (surname)
Content: Albert Chester (1886–1943), English footballer ; Art Chester (1899–1949), American air racer ; Bob Chester (1908–1977), American jazz and pop music bandleader and tenor saxophonist. ; Charlie Chester (1914–1997), British stand-up comedian ; Craig Chester (born 1965), American actor and screenwriter ; Elroy Chester (1969–2013), American murderer ; Frank Chester (politician) (1901–1966), Canadian politician in Manitoba ; Frank Chester (umpire) (1895–1957), English first-class cricketer and notable international cricket umpire ; Gary Chester (1924–1987), American session drummer and drum teacher ; George Randolph Chester (1869–1924), American writer and screenwriter ; Major F. G. L. Chester (1899–1946), also known as Gort Chester, British soldier and member of Z Special Unit in Borneo ; Harry Chester (1806–1868), British civil servant ; Ilan 
Title: Harry Chester
Content:  Harry Chester (1 October 1806 – 5 October 1868) was a British civil servant who spent most of his career in the Office of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. He published one book, The Lay of the Lady Ellen, a tale of 1834, and is best remembered as the founder of the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution.
Title: Agatha Christie
Content:  wave. According to crime writer P. D. James, Christie was prone to making the unlikeliest character the guilty party. Alert readers could sometimes identify the culprit by identifying the least likely suspect. Christie mocked this insight in her foreword to Cards on the Table: "Spot the person least likely to have committed the crime and in nine times out of ten your task is finished. Since I do not want my faithful readers to fling away this book in disgust, I prefer to warn them beforehand that this is not that kind of book." On Desert Island Discs in 2007, Brian Aldiss said Christie 

Question: Who is the author of Checkers?
Answer: John Marsden.