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History of Mystery

History of Mystery. First true English detective author. Wilkie Collins. The first woman to write a detective novel. Anna Katherine Green. The father of the American mystery story . Edgar Allen Poe. The name of Edgar Allen Poe’s famous detective. Auguste Dupin. Era of Sherlock Holmes.

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History of Mystery

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  1. History of Mystery

  2. First true English detective author Wilkie Collins

  3. The first woman to write a detective novel Anna Katherine Green

  4. The father of the American mystery story Edgar Allen Poe

  5. The name of Edgar Allen Poe’s famous detective AugusteDupin

  6. Era of Sherlock Holmes 1870s-1900s

  7. DashielleHammet’s fictional detective Sam Spade

  8. The creator of Mike Hammer Mickey Spillane

  9. Gardner’s main detective Perry Mason

  10. Agatha Christie’s quirky detective HerculePiorot

  11. The Big Three Agatha Christie, John Dickson Carr, and Ellery Queen

  12. The most famous detective Pulp magazine was The Black Mask

  13. The “Golden Age” of mystery 1920-1940

  14. Sam Spade was immortalized in a 1941 film named The Maltese Falcon

  15. Popular mystery radio program of the 40s The Adventures of Ellery Queen

  16. Ellery Queen’s fictional detective was Ellery Queen

  17. The popular mystery game Clue

  18. Two popular children’s mysteries Nancy Drew , the Hardy Boys, and Boxcar Children

  19. The most successful police procedural writer was Ed McBain

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