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Stanley Ellin
(Stanley Bernard Ellin)
(1916 - 1986)Stanley Ellin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at Brooklyn College. He worked as a teacher, a steelworked and a dairy farmer, and served in the US Army in World War 2, before becoming a full-time writer in 1946. His first published short story, 'The Speciality of the House' caused an immediate sensation and won him a special Ellery Queen Award. He won two Edgars for short stories, as well as one for The Eighth Circle, Le Grand Prix du Meilleur Roman Policier Etranger for Mirror, Mirror on the Wall and was made a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America in 1980.
Genres: Mystery
Novels
Dreadful Summit (1948)
aka The Big Night
The Key to Nicholas Street (1952)
The Eighth Circle (1958)
The Winter after This Summer (1960)
The Panama Portrait (1962)
House of Cards (1963)
The Valentine Estate (1968)
The Bind (1970)
aka The Man from Nowhere
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (1972)
Stronghold (1974)
The Other Side of the Wall (1976)
The Luxembourg Run (1977)
Very Old Money (1985)
aka The Big Night
The Key to Nicholas Street (1952)
The Eighth Circle (1958)
The Winter after This Summer (1960)
The Panama Portrait (1962)
House of Cards (1963)
The Valentine Estate (1968)
The Bind (1970)
aka The Man from Nowhere
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (1972)
Stronghold (1974)
The Other Side of the Wall (1976)
The Luxembourg Run (1977)
Very Old Money (1985)
Collections
Quiet Horror (1956)
The Blessington Method (1964)
The Specialty of the House (1967)
Kindly Dig Your Grave (1977)
The Blessington Method (1964)
The Specialty of the House (1967)
Kindly Dig Your Grave (1977)
Novellas and Short Stories
Stanley Ellin recommends
For Special Services (1982)
(James Bond, book 17)
John Gardner
"...The reader will do better to head for anything by Mr. Gardner that isn't imitation Fleming. As pure Gardner, he is quite a writer."
The Green Stone (1961)
(Inspector Miguel Menendes, book 1)
Suzanne Blanc
"The Green Stone is a spellbinding experience."
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