John Dickson Carr (1906–1977)
Auteur van The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes
Over de Auteur
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 toon meer 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) toon minder
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The Third Bullet 56 exemplaren
Dr. Fell Mysteries: To Wake the Dead/The Blind Barber/The Crooked Hinge/The Case of the Constant Suicides (1988) 45 exemplaren
Merrivale Holds the Key: Two Classic Locked-Room Mysteries: The Plague Court Murders / The Red Widow Murders (1935) 37 exemplaren
A John Dickson Carr Trio: The Three Coffins/The Crooked Hinge/The Case of the Constant Suicides (1957) 31 exemplaren
The Dr. Gideon Fell Mysteries Volume One: The Blind Barber, Death-Watch, and To Wake the Dead (2018) 7 exemplaren
The Bowstring Murders | The White Priory Murders | The Red Widow Murders | The Peacock Feather Murders (1961) 6 exemplaren
Gideon Fell - There is No Perfect Crime: The Black Spectacles/Till Death Do Us Part/He Who Whispers/The Sleeping Sphinx (1976) 5 exemplaren
The Detective in Fiction and Harem-Scarem 4 exemplaren
カー短篇集. 2 3 exemplaren
カー短篇集. 3 3 exemplaren
カー短篇集. 1 3 exemplaren
The John Dickson Carr Omnibus: Hag's Nook/The Mad Hatter Mystery/The Eight of Swords (2000) 3 exemplaren
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Great Stories — Redacteur — 2 exemplaren
Fuego que quema 2 exemplaren
Poison in Jest | The Bowstring Murders | The Burning Court | The Problem of the Wire Cage | The Emperor's Snuff-Box |… (2003) 2 exemplaren
Death-Watch 2 exemplaren
Un colpo di fucile (Dr. Gideon Fell #15) 2 exemplaren
Dr Gideon Fell: The Complete BBC Radio Drama Collection: Eight Full-Cast Crime Dramas from the Golden Age of Detective… (2021) 2 exemplaren
Secret Radio 2 exemplaren
The Other Hangman [Short Story] 2 exemplaren
Strictly Diplomatic [Short Story] 1 exemplaar
The Proverbial Murder [short story] 1 exemplaar
NOVE E A MORTE SÃO DEZ 1 exemplaar
OS TRÊS ATAÚDES 1 exemplaar
O CRIME DAS MIL E UMA NOITES 1 exemplaar
Fantasma in mare 1 exemplaar
The Incautious Burglar [Short Story] 1 exemplaar
Books Inc. 1 exemplaar
Lettore, in guardia! (Sir Henry Merrivale, #9) 1 exemplaar
I delitti della camera chiusa, 2 1 exemplaar
NOVELAS ESCOGIDAS 1 exemplaar
She Died a Lady | He Wouldn't Kill Patience | It Walks By Night | The Gilded Man | A Graveyard to Let 1 exemplaar
The Crime In Nobody's Room 1 exemplaar
New Murders for Old [short story] 1 exemplaar
Persons or Things Unknown [Short Story] 1 exemplaar
Death by Invisible Hands 1 exemplaar
Oscura sospecha 1 exemplaar
Cloak and Dagger — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Novelas escogidas 1 exemplaar
I delitti del diavolo: Il diavolo vestito di velluto, Il gentiluomo di Parigi, Chi di spada ferisce... 1 exemplaar
Ocho espadas 1 exemplaar
O Enigma da Virgem de Ferro Livro 41 1 exemplaar
Il-Kastell Ras ta' Mewt 1 exemplaar
Il mistero di Muriel 1 exemplaar
Terrore sul Ponte di Londra 1 exemplaar
Triple Detective: Poison in Jest/About the Murder of Geraldine Foster/Pop Goes the Queen 1 exemplaar
Gideon Fell 1 exemplaar
Arthur Conan Doyle. Life and Work 1 exemplaar
The Wrong Problem 1 exemplaar
Mitt första mord : en samling detektivhistorier 1 exemplaar
℗Un ℗colpo di fucile: La *sfinge dormiente 1 exemplaar
O CASO DO COCHE FANTASMA 1 exemplaar
The Witch of the low-tide 1 exemplaar
HR.0.4. Murder in Number Four • FREE E-BOOK • 1 exemplaar
Los suicidios constantes 1 exemplaar
Svart sanbat 1 exemplaar
O ENIGMA DA CRIPTA 1 exemplaar
El codo de Satanás 1 exemplaar
The One Real Horror [short story] 1 exemplaar
The Silver Curtain [short story] 1 exemplaar
El que susurra 1 exemplaar
The Murder in Number Four [short story] 1 exemplaar
An Arthur Conan Doyle moment for the occasion... 1 exemplaar
Mediodía de espectros 1 exemplaar
Il Cappellaio Matto 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Carr, John Dickson
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Dickson, Carter
Dickson, Carr
Fairbairn, Roger - Geboortedatum
- 1906-11-30
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1977-02-27
- Graflocatie
- Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- England, UK
Greenville, South Carolina, USA (death)
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA (birth) - Opleiding
- Haverford College
The Sorbonne, Paris, France - Beroepen
- novelist
short-story writer - Organisaties
- Baker Street Irregulars
Detection Club (Britain) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- MWA Grand Master (1963)
Ellery Queen prize (for short stories)
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- 16,378
- Populariteit
- #1,386
- Waardering
- 3.7
- Besprekingen
- 348
- ISBNs
- 829
- Talen
- 18
- Favoriet
- 37