http://www.mysteryreadercafe.com/2008/09/23/ellery-queen.html


This website’s discussion follows the paths of various mystery writers from Agatha Christie to Arthur Conan Doyle. This article’s commentary uncovers some of the mystery about mystery writer Ellery Queen. Queen was a fictional detective who was born in 1928, in the minds of two cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee for a writing contest for McClure’s magazine. Their entry won the contest but the company was sold and the pair lost out to a winner that the new owner picked. The writers produced many Ellery Queen stories and the reason for the success of the pair of writers was they always stuck to a formula in their writing. To learn more, please visit www.mysteryreadercafe.com.