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Ross Macdonald (born Dec. 13, 1915, Los Gatos, Calif., U.S.—died July 11, 1983, Santa Barbara, Calif.) was an American mystery writer who is credited with elevating the detective novel to the level of literature with his compactly written tales of murder and despair. Though born in California, Millar spent almost all his youth in Canada.
Jan 5, 2019 · Ross Macdonald’s (1915–1983) twenty-four novels fall fairly neatly into three groups: Those in which Lew Archer does not appear form a distinct group, and the Archer series itself, which may be separated into two periods. His first four books, The Dark Tunnel, Trouble Follows Me, Blue City, and The Three Roads, together with two later works, Meet Me at the Morgue and The Ferguson Affair, do not feature Lew Archer.
Ross Macdonald is the pseudonym of the American-Canadian writer of crime fiction Kenneth Millar.He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in southern California and featuring private detective Lew Archer. Millar was born in Los Gatos, California, and raised in his parents' native Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, where he started college.
Apr 12, 2019 · He would soon complete his maiden detective novel—The Moving Target, released 70 years ago yesterday—and then go on, under the guise of “Ross Macdonald,” to deliver 17 more books featuring Lew Archer, the savvy, determined, and compassionate Los Angeles gumshoe who was Rogers’ successor. Those dramatically told but often gracefully wrought yarns made post-World War II Southern California—its suburbs as well as its cities—integral to their plots.
Ross Macdonald was the main pseudonym used by the American-Canadian writer of crime fiction Kenneth Millar. He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in Southern California and featuring private detective Lew Archer. Since the 1970s, Macdonald's works have received attention in academic circles for their psychological depth, sense of place, use of language, sophisticated imagery and integration of philosophy into genre fiction. Brought up in the province of Ontario, Canada ...
Aug 17, 2017 · Ross Macdonald. 1915–1983. Ross Macdonald, 1975. (Reg Innell/Toronto Star via Getty Images) Major works: The Galton Case • The Chill • The Underground Man. Kenneth Millar, who published most of his novels under the name Ross Macdonald, was a master of all the kinds of devices and deceptions on which mystery fiction depends.
Mar 12, 1999 · When he died in 1983, Ross Macdonald was the best-known and most highly regarded crime-fiction writer in America. Long considered the rightful successor to the mantles of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald and his Lew Archer-novels were hailed by The New York Times as "the finest series of detective novels ever written by an American."
Ross Macdonald has 177 books on Goodreads with 108048 ratings. Ross Macdonald’s most popular book is The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer, #2).
Kenneth Millar (Ross Macdonald) Kenneth Millar, crime novelist (born 13 December 1915 in Los Gatos, California; died 11 July 1983 in Santa Barbara, California). Best known by his pseudonym Ross Macdonald, Kenneth Millar was born to Canadian parents, and was raised and educated primarily in Canada. Kenneth Millar, crime novelist (born 13 ...
