Otto Penzler

Otto Penzler, the creator of American Mystery Classics, is also the founder of The Mysterious Press (1975); MysteriousPress.com (2011), an electronic-book publishing company; and New York City’s Mysterious Bookshop (1979). He has won a Raven, the Ellery Queen Award, two Edgars (for the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, 1977, and The Lineup, 2010), and lifetime achievement awards from NoirCon and The Strand Magazine. He has edited more than 70 anthologies and written extensively about mystery fiction.

Otto Penzler

Otto Penzler, the creator of American Mystery Classics, is also the founder of The Mysterious Press (1975); MysteriousPress.com (2011), an electronic-book publishing company; and New York City’s Mysterious Bookshop (1979). He has won a Raven, the Ellery Queen Award, two Edgars (for the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, 1977, and The Lineup, 2010), and lifetime achievement awards from NoirCon and The Strand Magazine. He has edited more than 70 anthologies and written extensively about mystery fiction.

Books by Otto Penzler

  • A Puzzle for Fools: A Peter Duluth Mystery

    Patrick Quentin, Otto Penzler

    Hardback, 2024

    A wave of murders rocks a sanitarium—and it's up to the patients to stop them
  • The Greene Murder Case

    S. S. Van Dine, Otto Penzler

    Hardback, 2024

    Death stalks the halls of a New York City mansion in this celebrated Philo Vance mystery.
  • The Greene Murder Case

    S. S. Van Dine, Otto Penzler

    E Book, 2024

    Death stalks the halls of a New York City mansion in this celebrated Philo Vance mystery.
  • The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2024

    Anthony Horowitz, Otto Penzler

    Paperback, 2024

    Anthony Horowitz selects and introduces the best mystery stories from the past year, under the auspices of the world’s oldest mystery fiction specialty bookshop.
  • The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2024

    Anthony Horowitz, Otto Penzler

    E Book

    Anthony Horowitz selects and introduces the best mystery stories from the past year, under the auspices of the world’s oldest mystery fiction specialty bookshop.
  • The Greene Murder Case

    S. S. Van Dine, Otto Penzler

    Paperback, 2024

    Death stalks the halls of a New York City mansion in this celebrated Philo Vance mystery.
  • Obelists En Route

    C. Daly King, Otto Penzler

    Paperback, 2025

    The discovery of a corpse turns a cross-country train journey into a closed-circle hunt for a killer
  • Obelists En Route

    C. Daly King, Otto Penzler

    E Book

    The discovery of a corpse turns a cross-country train journey into a closed-circle hunt for a killer