John Dickson Carr (1906–1977)
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Sull'Autore
John Dickson Carr, the master of locked room mysteries, was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1906. He was educated at Haverford College and the Sorbonne in Paris. Carr is a prolific writer with more than 80 novels and collections of short stories to his credit. He began his writing career at the mostra altro age of 26 with his first published novel, It Walks At Night. Some of his most popular works are The Three Coffins (1935), The Burning Coat (1937), and The Bride of Newgate (1951). Carr also collaborated with Adrian Doyle, the son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (1954). Carr met his wife in 1932 and settled in England in 1933. He was drafted by the United States military in World War II, and was ordered to remain in England and work with the BBC. He lived in many cities throughout the world until 1967, when he permanently moved to Greenville, South Carolina. John Dickson Carr also wrote mystery novels under the name Carter Dickson. He died in Greenville in 1977. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di John Dickson Carr
The Third Bullet 56 copie
Dr. Fell Mysteries: To Wake the Dead/The Blind Barber/The Crooked Hinge/The Case of the Constant Suicides (1988) 45 copie
Merrivale Holds the Key: Two Classic Locked-Room Mysteries: The Plague Court Murders / The Red Widow Murders (1935) 37 copie
A John Dickson Carr Trio: The Three Coffins/The Crooked Hinge/The Case of the Constant Suicides (1957) 31 copie
The Dr. Gideon Fell Mysteries Volume One: The Blind Barber, Death-Watch, and To Wake the Dead (2018) 7 copie
The Bowstring Murders | The White Priory Murders | The Red Widow Murders | The Peacock Feather Murders (1961) 6 copie
カー短篇集. 2 3 copie
カー短篇集. 3 3 copie
カー短篇集. 1 3 copie
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Great Stories — A cura di — 2 copie
Fuego que quema 2 copie
Poison in Jest | The Bowstring Murders | The Burning Court | The Problem of the Wire Cage | The Emperor's Snuff-Box |… (2003) 2 copie
Death-Watch 2 copie
Dr Gideon Fell: The Complete BBC Radio Drama Collection: Eight Full-Cast Crime Dramas from the Golden Age of Detective… (2021) 2 copie
Secret Radio 2 copie
The Other Hangman [Short Story] 2 copie
NOVE E A MORTE SÃO DEZ 1 copia
OS TRÊS ATAÚDES 1 copia
O CRIME DAS MIL E UMA NOITES 1 copia
Fantasma in mare 1 copia
Books Inc. 1 copia
I delitti della camera chiusa, 2 1 copia
NOVELAS ESCOGIDAS 1 copia
The Crime In Nobody's Room 1 copia
Death by Invisible Hands 1 copia
Oscura sospecha 1 copia
Cloak and Dagger — Autore — 1 copia
Novelas escogidas 1 copia
Ocho espadas 1 copia
Il-Kastell Ras ta' Mewt 1 copia
Il mistero di Muriel 1 copia
Terrore sul Ponte di Londra 1 copia
Gideon Fell 1 copia
The Wrong Problem 1 copia
O CASO DO COCHE FANTASMA 1 copia
The Witch of the low-tide 1 copia
Los suicidios constantes 1 copia
Svart sanbat 1 copia
O ENIGMA DA CRIPTA 1 copia
El codo de Satanás 1 copia
The Silver Curtain [short story] 1 copia
El que susurra 1 copia
Mediodía de espectros 1 copia
Il Cappellaio Matto 1 copia
Opere correlate
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural: A Treasury of Spellbinding Tales Old & New (1985) — Collaboratore — 522 copie
The Game Is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches, and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes (1994) — Collaboratore — 198 copie
London After Midnight : A Tour of Its Criminal Haunts (1996) — Collaboratore; Collaboratore — 135 copie
Ghosts from the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (2023) — Collaboratore — 47 copie
The Mystery Hall of Fame: An Anthology of Classic Mystery and Suspense Stories (1984) — Collaboratore — 32 copie
Murder Impossible: An Extravaganza of Miraculous Murders Fantastic Felonies & Incredible Criminals (1990) — Collaboratore — 31 copie
The Poison Belt: Together with The Disintegration Machine and When The World Screamed (1964) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 30 copie
All but Impossible! An Anthology of Locked Room and Impossible Crime Stories by Members of the Mystery Writers of… (1981) — Collaboratore — 29 copie
Bodies from the Library 5: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection (2022) — Collaboratore — 28 copie
To the Queen's Taste: The First Supplement to 101 Years' Entertainment; Consisting of the Best Stories Published in the… (1946) — Collaboratore — 24 copie
The Locked-Room Mysteries (The Four Just Men, The Mystery of the Yellow Room, The Hollow Man) (2017) — Collaboratore — 14 copie
Academy Mystery Novellas: Women Sleuths, Police Procedurals, Locked Room Puzzles, Great British Detectives ( BOX Set) (1985) — Collaboratore — 14 copie
More Murder on Cue: Stage, Screen & Radio Favorites: Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1988) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1957, Vol. 12, No. 1 (1957) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
Tricks and Treats: An Anthology of Mystery Stories by the Mystery Writers of America (1976) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1955, Vol. 8, No. 1 (1955) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Detective Omnibus — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Nieuwe verhalen die Hitchcock koos — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Crimes and Misfortunes: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Detektivhistorier fra Sherlock Holmes til Hercule Poirot — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Detective-verhalen — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Detective-omnibus — Collaboratore — 3 copie
The Waxworks Murder | A Gun to Play With | An Air That Kills — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Sherlock Holmes - volume 2 : La Vallée de la peur ; Le Chien des Baskerville ; Les Archives de Sherlock Holmes ; Son… — Autore — 1 copia
The Dark Eyes of London | The Eight of Swords | The Iron Gates | The Second Confession | The Tragedy of Y (1965) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Bedrooms Have Windows | Ninth Life | The Door to Doom — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Ellery Queen's 1966 Anthology — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Verdens beste kriminalhistorier — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Club del Misterio volum 10 -Conferencia sobre la habitación cerrada- (1982) — Introduzione — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Carr, John Dickson
- Altri nomi
- Dickson, Carter
Dickson, Carr
Fairbairn, Roger - Data di nascita
- 1906-11-30
- Data di morte
- 1977-02-27
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- England, UK
Greenville, South Carolina, USA (death)
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA (birth) - Istruzione
- Haverford College
The Sorbonne, Paris, France - Attività lavorative
- novelist
short-story writer - Organizzazioni
- Baker Street Irregulars
Detection Club (Britain) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- MWA Grand Master (1963)
Ellery Queen prize (for short stories)
Utenti
Discussioni
Exploits of Sherlock Holmes in Combiners! (Febbraio 2023)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 196
- Opere correlate
- 134
- Utenti
- 16,388
- Popolarità
- #1,385
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 349
- ISBN
- 829
- Lingue
- 18
- Preferito da
- 37