John Dickson Carr (1906–1977)
Autor de Las hazañas de Sherlock Holmes
Sobre El Autor
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 mostrar más 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) mostrar menos
Series
Obras de John Dickson Carr
La noche de la viuda burlona / Carter Dickson; [traducción, Clara de la Rosa; ilustraciones interiores, Carlos… (1952) 159 copias
The Third Bullet 56 copias
Dr. Fell Mysteries: To Wake the Dead/The Blind Barber/The Crooked Hinge/The Case of the Constant Suicides (1988) 45 copias
Merrivale Holds the Key: Two Classic Locked-Room Mysteries: The Plague Court Murders / The Red Widow Murders (1935) 37 copias
A John Dickson Carr Trio: The Three Coffins/The Crooked Hinge/The Case of the Constant Suicides (1957) 31 copias
The Dr. Gideon Fell Mysteries Volume One: The Blind Barber, Death-Watch, and To Wake the Dead (2018) 7 copias
Gideon Fell - There is No Perfect Crime: The Black Spectacles/Till Death Do Us Part/He Who Whispers/The Sleeping Sphinx (1976) 5 copias
カー短篇集. 3 3 copias
The John Dickson Carr Omnibus: Hag's Nook/The Mad Hatter Mystery/The Eight of Swords (2000) 3 copias
Dr Gideon Fell: The Complete BBC Radio Drama Collection: Eight Full-Cast Crime Dramas from the Golden Age of Detective… (2021) 3 copias
カー短篇集. 1 3 copias
カー短篇集. 2 3 copias
Poison in Jest | The Bowstring Murders | The Burning Court | The Problem of the Wire Cage | The Emperor's Snuff-Box |… (2003) 2 copias
Secret Radio 2 copias
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Great Stories — Editor — 2 copias
The Other Hangman [Short Story] 2 copias
I delitti della camera chiusa, 2 1 copia
O CRIME DAS MIL E UMA NOITES 1 copia
Books Inc. 1 copia
NOVELAS ESCOGIDAS 1 copia
The Crime In Nobody's Room 1 copia
Fantasma in mare 1 copia
OS TRÊS ATAÚDES 1 copia
Il mistero di Muriel 1 copia
Terrore sul Ponte di Londra 1 copia
Gideon Fell 1 copia
The Wrong Problem 1 copia
The Silver Curtain [short story] 1 copia
Oscura sospecha 1 copia
Death by Invisible Hands 1 copia
Ocho espadas 1 copia
Svart sanbat 1 copia
O ENIGMA DA CRIPTA 1 copia
O CASO DO COCHE FANTASMA 1 copia
El que susurra 1 copia
Mediodía de espectros 1 copia
El codo de Satanás 1 copia
Il-Kastell Ras ta' Mewt 1 copia
Cloak and Dagger — Autor — 1 copia
Novelas escogidas 1 copia
Il Cappellaio Matto 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural: A Treasury of Spellbinding Tales Old & New (1985) — Contribuidor — 524 copias
The Game Is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches, and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes (1994) — Contribuidor — 198 copias
London After Midnight : A Tour of Its Criminal Haunts (1996) — Contribuidor; Contribuidor — 136 copias
Ghosts from the Library: Lost Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (2023) — Contribuidor — 50 copias
The Mystery Hall of Fame: An Anthology of Classic Mystery and Suspense Stories (1984) — Contribuidor — 32 copias
Murder Impossible: An Extravaganza of Miraculous Murders Fantastic Felonies & Incredible Criminals (1990) — Contribuidor — 31 copias
The Poison Belt: Together with The Disintegration Machine and When The World Screamed (1964) — Introducción, algunas ediciones — 30 copias
All but Impossible! An Anthology of Locked Room and Impossible Crime Stories by Members of the Mystery Writers of… (1981) — Contribuidor — 29 copias
Bodies from the Library 5: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection (2022) — Contribuidor — 28 copias
To the Queen's Taste: The First Supplement to 101 Years' Entertainment; Consisting of the Best Stories Published in the… (1946) — Contribuidor — 24 copias
The Locked-Room Mysteries (The Four Just Men, The Mystery of the Yellow Room, The Hollow Man) (2017) — Contribuidor — 14 copias
Academy Mystery Novellas: Women Sleuths, Police Procedurals, Locked Room Puzzles, Great British Detectives ( BOX Set) (1985) — Contribuidor — 14 copias
More Murder on Cue: Stage, Screen & Radio Favorites: Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1988) — Contribuidor — 11 copias
Tricks and Treats: An Anthology of Mystery Stories by the Mystery Writers of America (1976) — Contribuidor — 9 copias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1957, Vol. 12, No. 1 (1957) — Contribuidor — 9 copias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1955, Vol. 8, No. 1 (1955) — Contribuidor — 6 copias
Nieuwe verhalen die Hitchcock koos — Contribuidor — 6 copias
Detective Omnibus — Contribuidor — 6 copias
Crimes and Misfortunes: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries — Contribuidor — 4 copias
Detektivhistorier fra Sherlock Holmes til Hercule Poirot — Contribuidor — 3 copias
Detective-verhalen — Contribuidor — 3 copias
Detective-omnibus — Contribuidor — 3 copias
The Waxworks Murder | A Gun to Play With | An Air That Kills — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Ellery Queen's 1966 Anthology — Contribuidor — 1 copia
The Dark Eyes of London | The Eight of Swords | The Iron Gates | The Second Confession | The Tragedy of Y (1965) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Sherlock Holmes - volume 2 : La Vallée de la peur ; Le Chien des Baskerville ; Les Archives de Sherlock Holmes ; Son… — Autor — 1 copia
Club del Misterio volum 10 -Conferencia sobre la habitación cerrada- (1982) — Introducción — 1 copia
Bedrooms Have Windows | Ninth Life | The Door to Doom — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Carr, John Dickson
- Otros nombres
- Dickson, Carter
Dickson, Carr
Fairbairn, Roger - Fecha de nacimiento
- 1906-11-30
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1977-02-27
- Lugar de sepultura
- Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- England, UK
Greenville, South Carolina, USA (death)
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA (birth) - Educación
- Haverford College
The Sorbonne, Paris, France - Ocupaciones
- novelist
short-story writer - Organizaciones
- Baker Street Irregulars
Detection Club (Britain) - Premios y honores
- MWA Grand Master (1963)
Ellery Queen prize (for short stories)
Miembros
Debates
Exploits of Sherlock Holmes en Combiners! (Febrero 2023)
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
También Puede Gustarte
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 191
- También por
- 137
- Miembros
- 16,441
- Popularidad
- #1,380
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 351
- ISBNs
- 829
- Idiomas
- 18
- Favorito
- 37
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