Twentieth-century Crime and Mystery Writers
- ISBN-10
- 1558620311
- ISBN-13
- 9781558620315
- Category
- Literary Criticism / General
- Pages
- 1294
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- St. James Press
- Author
- Lesley Henderson
Description
**** Cited in Sheehy and BCL3. The foremost reference in the field, completely revised and updated, and now covering about 600 authors, mainly English-language writers whose work appeared during or since the time of Conan Doyle. The entry for each writer consists of a biography, a bibliography, and a signed critical essay. Living authors were invited to add a comment on their work; many of them accepted, and their remarks are both entertaining and enlightening. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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