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 1870s-1900s
Dashielle Hammet’s fictional detective Sam Spade
The creator of Mike Hammer Mickey Spillane
Gardner’s main detective Perry Mason
Agatha Christie’s quirky detective Hercule Piorot
The Big Three Agatha Christie, John Dickson Carr, and Ellery Queen
The most famous detective Pulp magazine was The Black Mask
The “Golden Age” of mystery
Sam Spade was immortalized in a 1941 film named The Maltese Falcon
Popular mystery radio program of the 40s The Adventures of Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen’s fictional detective was Ellery Queen
The popular mystery game Clue
Two popular children’s mysteries Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, and Boxcar Children
The most successful police procedural writer was Ed McBain