GAdetection : The Golden Age of Detective Fiction

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Category: Mystery
Founded: Jun 29, 2001
Language: English

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For discussion and shared reading of mysteries from the Golden Age (roughly 1910-1960). Ellery Queen, John Dickson Carr, Dorothy L Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham, Agatha Christie, Rex Stout, Gladys Mitchell, HC Bailey, Michael Gilbert, Norbert Davis and many many others.

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No prizes but considerable kudos for identifying the Mystery Host at right.

See also our Wiki at http://gadetection.pbwiki.com.

And our Forum at http://gadetection.wordpress.com

And our GAD authors photo gallery at http://photobucket.com/GADwriters

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Re: MWA Edgar Award question Thanks, Bob - I've made the necessary changes in the Wiki. Incidentally, no-one seems to have identified our mystery host yet. I'll leave him up for a day or Posted - Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:58 pm	Jon jonpjermey Offline Send Email
Re: MWA Edgar Award question By most accounts, Sidney Boehm is the sole author of the screenplay of THE BIG HEAT. It is indeed fairly faithful to McGivern's novel. But as far as anyone can Posted - Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:33 pm	Michael E. Grost nzkpzq Offline Send Email
'The Whistling Hangman' (1937) http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=1276 Posted - Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:46 pm	miketooney49 Offline Send Email
Re: MWA Edgar Award question Bob, et al.: To answer your questions: Edgar Awards for screenwriting go to the screenwriters, not the authors of the originals. In this case, McGivern Posted - Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:16 pm	Dean James simonkirbyjones Offline Send Email
MWA Edgar Award question I've been researching the "Edgar" William P. McGivern supposedly was awarded in 1952 by the MWA. Several reference sources (among them Reilly's Posted - Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:31 am	Bob Schneider speedymystery Offline Send Email
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