description: In New York City in 1928, a 23 year old advertising copywriter, Daniel Nathan, and his publicity agent cousin, Manfred Lepovski, wrote a story for a contest. Since the contest required anonymity, they wrote under the pen name of Ellery Queen. They also made Ellery Queen the name of the principal character in the story, reckoning that repetition would increase his name recognition. An amateur sleuth who assists his father Inspector Queen, Ellery presents all the facts to us in his stories, then challenges us to solve the mystery before he does. In the 1930s the cousins turned their attention to writing Hollywood scripts, and in 1941 founded Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, to encourage young writers and nurture the medium. Their development of character, and their explorations into psychological and historical dimensions of the genre, broke new ground. While that first story of theirs didn't win the contest, Ellery Queen went on to become a major force in American fiction, and won an unprecedented 5 Edgars, the award of the Mystery Writers of America.
language: English
title: Ellery Queen's Calendar of Crime
titlecomplete: Ellery Queen's Calendar of Crime (Mystery Library)
genres: Short Stories, Mystery
ratings_count: 44
series: Ellery Queen Detective
publisher: Dercum Pr Audio