His cousin Manford Lee, who was close to him since childhood also caught the detective thriller contagion. This incident became the turning point in his life and the idea of detective thrillers germinated in Frederick’s fertile mind. Since he had to miss school and was bored doing nothing at home, his mother got him one of Sherlock Holmes’ novels from the local library. Little Frederic once fell sick at the age of 12 years. Ellery Queen Detective enjoyed a successful run of over 42 years through a large number of highly popular novels.Īn interesting incident in Frederic Dannay’s childhood incident shaped his and his cousin’s destiny. Ellery Queen, as in the authors, is taken up as a pen name used by novelist cousins Daniel Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay and Manford (Emanuel) Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee. There Was an Old Woman / The Quick and the Deadĭouble, Double / The Case of the Seven MurdersĮllery Queen is both a title character in a series of crime thrillers as well as the name of the author of the author of the series. The Dragon's Teeth / The Virgin Heiresses
The American Gun Mystery / Death at the Rodeo
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