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Harvey, John
The British author, editor and teacher John Barton Harvey grew up in London where he attended St. Aloysius College. He graduated from teacher’s college at the University of London in 1963 and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree at Hatfield Polytechnic (now the University of Hertfordshire) in 1964. He then taught in Heanor, Andover and Stevenage while continuing his studies for a Master of Arts d...

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Queen, Ellery
Ellery Queen is a pen name shared by Frederic Dannay, born Daniel Nathan, and Manfred B. (Bennington) Lee, born Manford Lepofsky, both from New York. They were cousins who attended Boy's High School, Brooklyn, together and later worked independently within PR and advertising before they started writing full time in 1931.
Ellery Queen is something of institution in the detective genre; the books...