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(1906-1977)(Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson, Roger Fairbairn) Writer, novelist. John Dickson Carr was an American author of detective stories.

Full Name

John Dickson Carr

Locations

Westchester

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Carr moved to Mamaroneck, New York after World War II.

1906

BIRTH

John Dickson Carr was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania in 1906.

1930

LITWORK

It Walks By Night


Novel.

1935

LITWORK

The Hollow Man


Novel.

1938

LITWORK

The Crooked Hinge


Novel.

1941

LITWORK

The Case of the Constant Suicides


Novel.

1946

LITWORK

He Who Whispers


Novel.

1949

LITWORK

The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Biography.

1950

LITWORK

The Bride Of Newgate


Historical mystery novel.

1951

LITWORK

The Devil In Velvet


Historical mystery novel.

1954

LITWORK

The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes


Short story collection written with Adrian Conan Doyle.

1972

LITWORK

The Hungry Goblin: A Victorian Detective Novel


Wilkie Collins is the detective.

1977

DEATH

John Carr died in Greenville, South Carolina in 1977.

1977

INTERMENT

Carr was interred in Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina.

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