Quotes by Ellery Queen

About Ellery Queen:


Ellery Queen is both a fictional character and a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn, New York—Daniel Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay (October 20, 1905 – September 3, 1982) and Emanuel Benjamin Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee (January 11, 1905 – April 3, 1971)—to write, edit, and anthologize detective fiction. The fictional Ellery Queen created by Dannay and Lee is a mystery writer and amateur detective who helps his father, a New York City police inspector, solve baffling murders.

Author Bio


  • NameEllery Queen
  • Descriptionwriter of detective fiction (joint pseudonym) active to 1971 as novelist, to 1981 as editor also the fictional hero of the stories
  • Aliasesthe original Ellery Queen; Barnaby Ross
  • ProfessionAuthor; Novelist; Editor; Private Investigator