Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen was a pen name created and shared by two cousins, Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred B. Lee (1905-1971), as well as the name of their most famous detective. Born in Brooklyn, they spent forty-two years writing the greatest puzzle-mysteries of their time, gaining the duo a reputation as the foremost American authors of the Golden Age “fair play” mystery. Eventually famous on television and radio, Queen’s first appearance came in 1929 when the cousins won a mystery-writing contest with the book that would eventually be published as The Roman Hat Mystery. Besides co-writing the Queen novels, Dannay founded Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, one of the most influential crime publications of all time. Although Dannay outlived his cousin by nine years, he retired the fictional Queen upon Lee’s death.
Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen was a pen name created and shared by two cousins, Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred B. Lee (1905-1971), as well as the name of their most famous detective. Born in Brooklyn, they spent forty-two years writing the greatest puzzle-mysteries of their time, gaining the duo a reputation as the foremost American authors of the Golden Age “fair play” mystery. Eventually famous on television and radio, Queen’s first appearance came in 1929 when the cousins won a mystery-writing contest with the book that would eventually be published as The Roman Hat Mystery. Besides co-writing the Queen novels, Dannay founded Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, one of the most influential crime publications of all time. Although Dannay outlived his cousin by nine years, he retired the fictional Queen upon Lee’s death.
Books by Ellery Queen
The Adventures of Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen
Paperback, 2023
Eleven confounding problems in deduction for Golden Age super-sleuth Ellery QueenThe Adventures of Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen
Hardback, 2023
Eleven confounding problems in deduction for Golden Age super-sleuth Ellery Queen.The Chinese Orange Mystery
Ellery Queen, Otto Penzler
Paperback, 2019
A topsy-turvy crime scene sends a detective on a puzzling quest for the truth.The Dutch Shoe Mystery: An Ellery Queen Mystery
Ellery Queen, Otto Penzler
Paperback, 2019
After a wealthy woman is strangled in a hospital full of relatives and friends, Ellery Queen searches for her deadly enemy.The Siamese Twin Mystery
Ellery Queen, Otto Penzler
Paperback, 2020
Ellery Queen takes refuge from a wildfire at a remote mountain house — and arrives just before the owner is murdered...The Egyptian Cross Mystery: An Ellery Queen Mystery
Ellery Queen
Paperback, 2020
Ellery Queen investigates a series of bizarre murders that lead to a mysterious religious cult.The Egyptian Cross Mystery: An Ellery Queen Mystery
Ellery Queen, Otto Penzler
Hardback, 2020
Ellery Queen investigates a series of bizarre murders that lead to a mysterious religious cultThe American Gun Mystery: An Ellery Queen Mystery
Ellery Queen, Otto Penzler
Paperback, 2021
Ellery Queen investigates a murder at the circus rodeo.The American Gun Mystery: An Ellery Queen Mystery
Ellery Queen, Otto Penzler
Hardback, 2022
Ellery Queen investigates a murder at the circus rodeoThe Spanish Cape Mystery
Ellery Queen, Otto Penzler
Paperback, 2023
A house party turns a millionaire’s hacienda hideaway into a crime scene in this classic whodunnit from an Edgar Award–winning Grand Master