About
Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen was a pen name used by two American cousins, Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee. - **Life:** Born in Brooklyn, Dannay (1905-1982) and Lee (1908-1971) began collaborating on a mystery novel in 1928 while still in high school. - **Notable Works:** The Ellery Queen character, a detective known for his deductive reasoning, was featured in over 30 novels, including "The Roman Hat Mystery" (1929) and "Cat of Many Tails" (1949). - **Awards:** The cousins won three Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, including the Grand Master Award in 1960 for their lifetime contributions to the genre. - **Critical Success:** Ellery Queen's novels were widely praised for their intricate plots, clever puzzles, and engaging characters, establishing them as one of the most influential mystery writers of the 20th century.
Book Series by Ellery Queen
Drury Lane Series as Barnaby Ross
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Tragedy of X | 1932 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Tragedy of Y | 1932 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Tragedy of Z | 1933 | Buy on Amazon |
| Drury Lane's Last Case | 1933 | Buy on Amazon |
Ellery Queen Detective Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Roman Hat Mystery | 1929 | Buy on Amazon |
| The French Powder Mystery | 1930 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Dutch Shoe Mystery | 1931 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Greek Coffin Mystery | 1932 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Egyptian Cross Mystery | 1932 | Buy on Amazon |
| The American Gun Mystery / Death at the Rodeo | 1933 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Siamese Twin Mystery | 1933 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Chinese Orange Mystery | 1934 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Lamp of God (Short Story) | 1935 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Spanish Cape Mystery | 1935 | Buy on Amazon |
| Halfway House | 1936 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Door Between | 1936 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Four of Hearts | 1938 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Devil to Pay | 1938 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Dragon's Teeth / The Virgin Heiresses | 1939 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Penthouse Mystery | 1941 | Buy on Amazon |
| Calamity Town | 1942 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Perfect Crime | 1942 | Buy on Amazon |
| There Was an Old Woman / The Quick and the Dead | 1943 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Murderer is a Fox (Short Story) | 1945 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ten Days' Wonder | 1948 | Buy on Amazon |
| Cat of Many Tails | 1949 | Buy on Amazon |
| Double, Double / The Case of the Seven Murders | 1950 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Origin of Evil | 1951 | Buy on Amazon |
| The King is Dead | 1952 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Golden Summer | 1953 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Scarlet Letters | 1953 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Glass Village | 1954 | Buy on Amazon |
| Inspector Queen's Own Case | 1957 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Finishing Stroke | 1958 | Buy on Amazon |
| Queens Full | 1960 | Buy on Amazon |
| Dead Man's Tale | 1961 | Buy on Amazon |
| Death Spins the Platter | 1962 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Player On Other Side | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kill as Directed | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| Murder with a Past | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| And on the Eighth Day | 1964 | Buy on Amazon |
| Four Men Called John | 1964 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Lethal Black Book | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Fourth Side of the Triangle | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Study in Terror | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| Losers, weepers | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| Shoot The Scene | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Madman Theory | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| Face to Face | 1967 | Buy on Amazon |
| The House of Brass | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| Q.E.D. Queen's Experiments in Detection | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| House of Brass | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Devil's Cook | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| Cop Out | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Last Woman in His Life | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Poetic Justice | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Fine and Private Place | 1971 | Buy on Amazon |
| Blow Hot Blow Cold | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen, Master Detective | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
Ellery Queen Jr. Mystery Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Black Dog Mystery | 1941 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Green Turtle Mystery | 1944 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Red Chipmunk Mystery | 1946 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Brown Fox Mystery | 1948 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Golden Eagle Mystery | 1948 | Buy on Amazon |
| The White Elephant Mystery | 1950 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Yellow Cat Mystery | 1952 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Mystery of the Vanished Victim | 1954 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Mystery of the Merry Magician | 1954 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Blue Herring Mystery | 1954 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Purple Bird Mystery | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
Tim Corrigan Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Where Is Bianca? (Short Story) | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| How Goes the Murder? (Short Story) | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| Who Spies, Who Kills? (Short Story) | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| Why So Dead? | 1966 | Buy on Amazon |
| Which Way to Die? (Short Story) | 1967 | Buy on Amazon |
| Guess Who's Coming to Kill You? (Short Story) | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| What's in the Dark? (Short Story) | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
Mike McCall Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The Campus Murders | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Black Hearts Murder (Short Story) | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Blue Movie Murders | 1973 | Buy on Amazon |
Masterpieces of Mystery Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Masterpieces of Mystery | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
Ellery Queen Other Novels
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Player on the Other Side | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| Wife or Death (Short Story) | 1963 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Last Score ( With: Charles W. Runyon) | 1964 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Killer Touch ( With: Charles W. Runyon) | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
| Beware the Young Stranger | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Copper Frame | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Room To Die In | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
| Penthouse Mystery, The (Short Story) | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Most Wanted Man In The World (Short Story) | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kiss and Kill ( With: Charles W. Runyon) | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
| When Fell The Night | 1970 | Buy on Amazon |
| Door Between | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Eyes of Mystery | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| House of Darkness (Short Story) | 2010 | Buy on Amazon |
Ellery Queen Short Story Collections
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| The New Adventures of Ellery Queen | 1939 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Adventures of Ellery Queen | 1941 | Buy on Amazon |
| Calendar of Crime | 1952 | Buy on Amazon |
| QBI: Queen's Bureau of Investigation | 1965 | Buy on Amazon |
| QED: Queen's Experiments in Detection | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| Kindly Dig Your Grave and Other Wicked Stories | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Tragedy of Errors and Others | 1999 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Adventures of the Murdered Moths | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Adventures of the Puzzle Club ( With: Josh Pachter) | 2022 | Buy on Amazon |
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Annual Series
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Ellery Queen's Crime Carousel | 1960 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's 16th Mystery Annual ( By: Henry Slesar) | 1961 | Buy on Amazon |
| To Be Read Before Midnight | 1962 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen All Stars | 1967 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Parade | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Mini Mysteries | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Mystery Bag | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Best Bets | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Crookbook | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Book Of Mystery Stories | 1974 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Murdercade | 1975 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Crime Wave | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Giants of Mystery | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Magicians Of Mystery | 1976 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Circumstantial Evidence | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| X Marks the Plot | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Crimes and Consequences | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's International Case Book | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Cops And Capers | 1977 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Japanese Golden Dozen | 1978 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's a Multitude of Sins | 1978 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's The Golden 13 | 1980 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Crime Cruise Round the World ( By: T. M. Adams) | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Veils of Mystery | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Doors to Mystery | 1981 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Maze Of Mysteries | 1982 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Eyewitnesses | 1982 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Book of First Appearances | 1982 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Prime Crimes | 1984 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Crimes and Punishments | 1984 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Prime Crimes Two | 1985 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Champions Of Mystery | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Masks of Mystery | 1988 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Crime Cruise Round the World | 1989 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's More Lost Ladies and Lost Men | 1989 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellerys Queen's Masters of Mystery | 1989 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Screen Favourites | 1991 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's More Eyewitnesses | 1992 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Edgar Award Winners | 1992 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Faces of Mystery | 1992 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Other Faces of Mystery | 1994 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Windows Of Mystery | 1994 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen's Searches and Seizures | 1995 | Buy on Amazon |
Ellery Queen Anthologies
| Title | Published | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
| Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction | 1948 | Buy on Amazon |
| 20 Great Tales of Murder | 1952 | Buy on Amazon |
| Nero Wolfe Mystery Magazine Volume 1 Number 1, January 1954 | 1954 | Buy on Amazon |
| Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine July 1958 | 1958 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Locked Room Reader: Stories of Impossible Crimes and Escapes | 1968 | Buy on Amazon |
| Daring Detectives | 1969 | Buy on Amazon |
| American City | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Space Suits & Gumshoes | 1972 | Buy on Amazon |
| Chapter and Hearse | 1985 | Buy on Amazon |
| Deadly Arts | 1985 | Buy on Amazon |
| Wickedest Show on Earth | 1985 | Buy on Amazon |
| Handle with Care: Frightening Stories | 1985 | Buy on Amazon |
| Murder for Christmas | 1987 | Buy on Amazon |
| Great Baseball Stories | 1990 | Buy on Amazon |
| Great Tales of Crime and Detection | 1992 | Buy on Amazon |
| Fifty Best Mysteries | 1993 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories | 1996 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Oxford Book of Detective Stories | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century | 2000 | Buy on Amazon |
| A Century of Great Suspense Stories | 2001 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction | 2004 | Buy on Amazon |
| The Further Misadventures of Ellery Queen | 2020 | Buy on Amazon |
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