John Dickson Carr

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Birth Date 30 November 1906

Death Date 27 February 1977

Personal Name John Dickson Carr

Alternate Names

Carter Dickson
Carr Dickson
Roger Fairbairn

John Dickson Carr was a very highly regarded American mystery writer, though he lived for most of the '30s and '40s in England, married there and set many of his books there (Wikipedia). His two main detectives, Dr. Fell and Sir Henry Merrivale, were very English (Wikipedia).