I think I have someone in the UK Crime Book Club on Facebook to thank for mentioning Roger Parkes (1933-2008), who was a British screenwriter and a novelist. Primarily known for his work on British television, he also turned out about a dozen novels. The Dark Number...
William Krasner (1917–2003) was an American psychologist and mystery author. His service in the Army Air Corps gave him educational benefits under the G.I. Bill and allowed him to earn a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Columbia University. He also studied...
Sally Wood (1897-1985) was a native of Rochester, New York. Her papers reside in the Special Collections section of the University of Rochester library. A description of the papers and the following biography are on the university’s website:...
Willis Todhunter Ballard (1903-1980) was an American author and a cousin of Rex Todhunter Stout. Ballard was known for his Westerns and mystery stories, novelettes, and book-length novels. He wrote hundreds of stories for the pulps, almost all mysteries and westerns....
Emma Page was the pseudonym of Honoria O’Mahony Tirbutt (1921-2018). She wrote 14 classic British police officer books about Detective Chief Inspector Kelsey and Detective Sergeant Lambert of the Milbourn CID between 1980 and 2000. The second one in the series is...
