history of mystery. first true english detective author wilkie collins
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History of Mystery
First true English detective author
Wilkie Collins
The first woman to write a detective novel
Anna Katherine Green
The father of the American mystery story
Edgar Allen Poe
The name of Edgar Allen Poe’s famous detective
Auguste Dupin
Era of Sherlock Holmes
1870s-1900s
Dashielle Hammet’s fictional detective
Sam Spade
The creator of Mike Hammer
Mickey Spillane
Gardner’s main detective
Perry Mason
Agatha Christie’s quirky detective
Hercule Piorot
The Big Three
Agatha Christie, John Dickson Carr, and Ellery Queen
The most famous detective Pulp magazine was
The Black Mask
The “Golden Age” of mystery
1920-1940
Sam Spade was immortalized in a 1941 film named
The Maltese Falcon
Popular mystery radio program of the 40s
The Adventures of Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen’s fictional detective was
Ellery Queen
The popular mystery game
Clue
Two popular children’s mysteries
Nancy Drew , the Hardy Boys, and Boxcar Children
The most successful police procedural writer was
Ed McBain