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The Westing Game is a mystery book written by Ellen Raskin and published by Dutton on May 1, 1978. [1] It won the Newbery Medal recognizing the year's most distinguished contribution to American children's literature. [2] The Westing Game was ranked number nine all-time among children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal in ...
Goosebumps is a series of children's horror novels written by American author R. L. Stine. The protagonists in these stories are teens or pre-teens who find themselves in frightening circumstances, often involving the supernatural, the paranormal or the occult. Between 1992 and 1997, sixty-two books were published under the Goosebumps umbrella ...
Ray Douglas Bradbury (US: / ˈ b r æ d b ɛr i / BRAD-berr-ee; August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter.One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and realistic fiction.
Mystery is a fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains mysterious until the end of the story. [1] Often within a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually provided with a credible motive and a reasonable opportunity for committing the crime. The central character is often a detective (such as ...
Robert Arthur Jr. (November 10, 1909 – May 2, 1969) was a writer and editor of crime fiction and speculative fiction [1] known for his work with The Mysterious Traveler radio series and for writing The Three Investigators, a series of young adult novels. [2][3] For his radio work, Arthur—together with writing partner David Kogan—was ...
In the United States, Touch Not the Cat was the 9th highest selling book of 1976. [2] Like many of Stewart's novels, the story has a supernatural element. [3] The title of the book refers to the motto of the clan chief of Clan Chattan, a community of twelve clans including Clan Mackintosh, Clan Macpherson and Clan MacBean.
This is a list of thriller or suspense novelists. Note that some of these may overlap with authors of crime , mystery or spy fiction . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Reprinted classic crime fiction for collectors and libraries. The Mysterious Press. Established in 1975. Sold to Time/Warner in 1989; reacquired by Penzler in 2009; an imprint at Grove/Atlantic until 2021; now an imprint of Penzler Publishers. The Armchair Detective. A quarterly journal for studies of mystery and suspense fiction (17 years).