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name: The Detection Club
about: Formed c. 1930, the Detection Club is a group of (mostly British) mystery writers who occasionally write collaborative works. Presidents:G.K. Chesterton (1930–1936)E. C. Bentley (1936–1949)Dorothy L. Sayers (1949–1957)Agatha Christie (1957–1976)Lord Gorell (1957–1963)Julian Symons (1976–1985)H. R. F. Keating (1985–2000)Simon Brett (2000–2015)Martin Edwards (2015–)Past members include: Anthony Berkeley, G.D.H. Cole, Margaret Cole, Freeman Wills Croft, Clemence Dane , Edgar Jepson, Milward Kennedy, Ronald Knox, John Rhode, Henry Wade, Victor L. Whitechurch, Gladys Mitchell,  E.C.R. Lorac and Helen de Guerry Simpson Formed c. 1930, the Detection Club is a group of (mostly British) mystery writers who occasionally write collaborative works. Presidents:G.K. Chesterton (1930–1936)E. C. Bentley (1936–1949)Dorothy L. Sayers (1949–1957)Agatha Christie (1957–1976)Lord Gorell (1957–1963)Julian Symons (1976–1985)H. R. F. Keating (1985–2000)Simon Brett (2000–2015)Martin Edwards (2015–)Past members include: Anthony Berkeley, G.D.H. Cole, Margaret Cole, Freeman Wills Croft, Clemence Dane , Edgar Jepson, Milward Kennedy, Ronald Knox, John Rhode, Henry Wade, Victor L. Whitechurch, Gladys Mitchell,  E.C.R. Lorac and Helen de Guerry Simpson ...more