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Ellery Queen And Manfred Lee's The Roman Hat Mystery
Ellery Queen was a unique, fictional detective featured in several mystery stories. Two American authors used him as a pseudonym. These cousins wrote under the name of Manfred Lee and Fredric Dannay. Manfred Lee was born on January 11, 1905 and Fredric was born on October 20, 1905. They were both born in Brooklyn, New York, where most of their childhood was spent. As young children, they never dreamed of being authors. They enjoyed reading literature pieces involving Sherlock Holmes, resembling a start to their career. Before Manfred evolved into an author, he married actress Kaye Brinker. This being his second wife; they had eight children. His interests of philately and classical music increased as time proceeded. Fredric lived with his …show more content…
They decided to enter in one of their pieces. With total shock, Dannay and Lee won the contest. Their success at winning alternated their viewpoint on writing mysteries. Shortly after, Frederic and Manfred developed into full time writers at the ages of 25 and 26. Ellery Queen was officially brought to life. The novel, The Roman Hat Mystery, was their first release. Many individuals found themselves entertained while reading it. The Ellery Queen mysteries continued as they grew more popular. Ellery Queen was an all-time favorite for all readers. However, when the two authors approached Hollywood, personal information was revealed. It was soon realized that Ellery Queen held a different identity. Several became aware of the true authors, Fredric Dannay and Manfred Lee. Furthermore, news was spread around stating that Dannay’s real name appeared to be Daniel Nathan, and Manfred was born as Manford Lepofsky. The readers learned something new about each author every day. Other than writing novels, the cousins were a part of the weekly radio show, The Adventures of Ellery Queen. This event occurred from 1940 to 1948. From their hard work, Ellery Queen received multiple awards. To illustrate, they won an outstanding contribution in the field of the mystery short story. In “Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine” one of their most flourishing ventures; Frederic and Manfred published seven Nobel and 17
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