John Dickson Carr (1906–1977)
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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 vis mere 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) vis mindre
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Værker af John Dickson Carr
The Third Bullet 55 eksemplarer
Dr. Fell Mysteries: To Wake the Dead/The Blind Barber/The Crooked Hinge/The Case of the Constant Suicides (1988) 44 eksemplarer
Merrivale Holds the Key: Two Classic Locked-Room Mysteries: The Plague Court Murders / The Red Widow Murders (1935) 36 eksemplarer
Locked Rooms: The Three Coffins / To Wake the Dead / The Skeleton in the Clock (1975) 35 eksemplarer
A John Dickson Carr Trio: The Three Coffins/The Crooked Hinge/The Case of the Constant Suicides (1957) 31 eksemplarer
The Locked Room Mysteries (Four Just Men; The Mystery of the Yellow Room; The Hollow Man) 14 eksemplarer
The Dr. Gideon Fell Mysteries Volume One: The Blind Barber, Death-Watch, and To Wake the Dead (2018) 7 eksemplarer
The Bowstring Murders | The White Priory Murders | The Red Widow Murders | The Peacock Feather Murders (1961) 6 eksemplarer
Gideon Fell - There is No Perfect Crime: The Black Spectacles/Till Death Do Us Part/He Who Whispers/The Sleeping Sphinx (1976) 5 eksemplarer
The Detective in Fiction and Harem-Scarem 4 eksemplarer
カー短篇集. 1 3 eksemplarer
Inspector Silence Takes the Underground: A Radio Play 3 eksemplarer
カー短篇集. 2 3 eksemplarer
カー短篇集. 3 3 eksemplarer
The John Dickson Carr Omnibus: Hag's Nook/The Mad Hatter Mystery/The Eight of Swords (2000) 3 eksemplarer
Mord ombord. Labyrinten. Den anden bøddel. 2 eksemplarer
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Great Stories — Redaktør — 2 eksemplarer
The Other Hangman [Short Story] 2 eksemplarer
Death-Watch 2 eksemplarer
Poison in Jest | The Bowstring Murders | The Burning Court | The Problem of the Wire Cage | The Emperor's Snuff-Box |… (2003) 2 eksemplarer
Secret Radio 2 eksemplarer
Dr Gideon Fell: The Complete BBC Radio Drama Collection: Eight Full-Cast Crime Dramas from the Golden Age of Detective… (2021) 2 eksemplarer
New Murders for Old [short story] 1 eksemplar
Night at the Mocking Window 1 eksemplar
Lettore, in guardia! (Sir Henry Merrivale, #9) 1 eksemplar
(Sir Henry Merrivale 01) El patio de la plaga 1 eksemplar
I delitti della camera chiusa, 2 1 eksemplar
NOVELAS ESCOGIDAS 1 eksemplar
She Died a Lady | He Wouldn't Kill Patience | It Walks By Night | The Gilded Man | A Graveyard to Let 1 eksemplar
Persons or Things Unknown [Short Story] 1 eksemplar
The Crime In Nobody's Room 1 eksemplar
Books Inc. 1 eksemplar
The Silver Curtain [Short Story] 1 eksemplar
Arthur Conan Doyle. Life and Work 1 eksemplar
The Wrong Problem 1 eksemplar
The One Real Horror [short story] 1 eksemplar
Death by Invisible Hands 1 eksemplar
Strictly Diplomatic [Short Story] 1 eksemplar
The Proverbial Murder [Short Story] 1 eksemplar
The Incautious Burglar [Short Story] 1 eksemplar
Gideon Fell 1 eksemplar
Triple Detective: Poison in Jest/About the Murder of Geraldine Foster/Pop Goes the Queen 1 eksemplar
HR.0.4. Murder in Number Four • FREE E-BOOK • 1 eksemplar
Novelas escogidas 1 eksemplar
Svart sanbat 1 eksemplar
Mitt första mord : en samling detektivhistorier 1 eksemplar
Un colpo di fucile (Dr. Gideon Fell #15) 1 eksemplar
Cloak and Dagger — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Terrore sul Ponte di Londra 1 eksemplar
I delitti del diavolo: Il diavolo vestito di velluto, Il gentiluomo di Parigi, Chi di spada ferisce... 1 eksemplar
Ocho espadas 1 eksemplar
Oscura sospecha 1 eksemplar
O Enigma da Virgem de Ferro Livro 41 1 eksemplar
Il mistero di Muriel 1 eksemplar
Il Cappellaio Matto 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural: A Treasury of Spellbinding Tales Old & New (1985) — Bidragyder — 507 eksemplarer
The Game Is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches, and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes (1994) — Bidragyder — 196 eksemplarer
London After Midnight : A Tour of Its Criminal Haunts (1996) — Bidragyder; Bidragyder — 135 eksemplarer
The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes (2000) — Bidragyder — 118 eksemplarer
Murder On Christmas Eve: Classic Mysteries for the Festive Season (2017) — Bidragyder — 83 eksemplarer
Ghosts from the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (2022) — Bidragyder — 39 eksemplarer
Murder Impossible: An Extravaganza of Miraculous Murders Fantastic Felonies & Incredible Criminals (1990) — Bidragyder — 31 eksemplarer
The Mystery Hall of Fame: An Anthology of Classic Mystery and Suspense Stories (1984) — Bidragyder — 31 eksemplarer
All but Impossible!: An Anthology of Locked Room and Impossible Crime Stories by Members of the Mystery Writers of… (1981) — Bidragyder — 29 eksemplarer
The Poison Belt: Together with The Disintegration Machine and When The World Screamed (1964) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver — 25 eksemplarer
Bodies from the Library 5: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection (2022) — Bidragyder — 24 eksemplarer
To the Queen's Taste: The First Supplement to 101 Years' Entertainment; Consisting of the Best Stories Published in the… (1946) — Bidragyder — 23 eksemplarer
Welsh Mysteries: Stories of Cambrian Crime: 114 (British Library Crime Classics) (2023) — Bidragyder — 17 eksemplarer
Senior Sleuths: A Large Print Anthology of Mysteries and Puzzlers (1989) — Bidragyder — 16 eksemplarer
Academy Mystery Novellas: Women Sleuths, Police Procedurals, Locked Room Puzzles, Great British Detectives ( BOX Set) (1985) — Bidragyder — 13 eksemplarer
More Murder on Cue: Stage, Screen & Radio Favorites: Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1988) — Bidragyder — 11 eksemplarer
Tricks and Treats: An Anthology of Mystery Stories by the Mystery Writers of America (1976) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1957, Vol. 12, No. 1 (1957) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1955, Vol. 8, No. 1 (1955) — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer
Detective Omnibus — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer
Crimes and Misfortunes: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
Avon Mystery Story Teller — Bidragyder; Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
Detektivhistorier fra Sherlock Holmes til Hercule Poirot — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
Detective-verhalen — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
Alfred Hitchcock's Fireside Book of Suspense — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Spionhistorier fra hele verden — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Best Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
The Dark Eyes of London | The Eight of Swords | The Iron Gates | The Second Confession | The Tragedy of Y — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
De ¤bedste kriminalhistorier fra hele verden — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Club del Misterio volum 10 -Conferencia sobre la habitación cerrada- (1982) — Introduktion — 1 eksemplar
Verdens beste kriminalhistorier — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Murder Mixture: An Anthology of Crime Stories — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Sherlock Holmes - volume 2 : La Vallée de la peur ; Le Chien des Baskerville ; Les Archives de Sherlock Holmes ; Son… — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Ellery Queen's 1966 Anthology — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Bedrooms Have Windows | Ninth Life | The Door to Doom — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
The Waxworks Murder | A Gun to Play With | An Air That Kills — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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Almen Viden
- Juridisk navn
- Carr, John Dickson
- Andre navne
- Dickson, Carter
Dickson, Carr
Fairbairn, Roger - Fødselsdato
- 1906-11-30
- Dødsdag
- 1977-02-27
- Begravelsessted
- Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Dødssted
- Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- Bopæl
- England, UK
Greenville, South Carolina, USA (death)
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA (birth) - Uddannelse
- Haverford College
The Sorbonne, Paris, France - Erhverv
- novelist
short-story writer - Organisationer
- Baker Street Irregulars
Detection Club (Britain) - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- MWA Grand Master (1963)
Ellery Queen prize (for short stories)
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