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Tag Archives: eqmm
“The Legacy of Editor Queen” (by Laird Blackwell)
A professor emeritus at Sierra Nevada College, where he taught for over thirty years, and currently a teacher of literature at Tahoe Expedition Academy, Laird Blackwell is an expert on detective fiction. His 2018 book The Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Editing, Ellery Queen, Genre, Guest, Magazine, research
Tagged detective fiction, ellery queen, ellery queen's mystery magazine, eqmm, frederic dannay, history, short story, writer
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“The Thanksgiving Chicken” by Edward D. Hoch
Perhaps the only Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America who was known almost exclusively as a short-story writer, Edward D. Hoch nearly single-handedly kept the classical whodunit alive at short-story length through the last decades of the twentieth … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Story
Tagged edward hoch, eqmm, holiday, minute mystery, mystery, puzzle, story, thanksgiving, whodunit
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ONE FOR OUR HIGHLIGHTS LIST
The 2017 Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, in Toronto, Canada, concluded more than three weeks ago. Normally, we post photos soon after a convention, but this year the whole experience of Bouchercon was so powerful that I felt unable to post … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Conventions, Ellery Queen, International, Magazine, Readers, Writers
Tagged bouchercon, bouchercon2017, convention, ellery queen, eqmm, readers, toronto, writers
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“Open Letter to Queen Fans” (by Francis M. Nevins)
Francis M. Nevins has distinguished himself in every area of the field of mystery and crime fiction. He’s the author of six novels and forty short stories and has won the Edgar Allan Poe Award twice for his critical work. … Continue reading
Posted in Anthologies, Books, Characters, Editing, Ellery Queen, Guest, Magazine, Writers, Writing
Tagged anthology, clues, editing, editor, ellery queen, eqmm, francis m. nevins, frederic dannay, mystery, writing
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HOLIDAY WISHES FROM EQMM
Happy Thanksgiving from our table to yours.
BOUCHERCON/EQMM 75TH ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM PHOTO GALLERY PART 2
This week we want to share some photos that were not available to us when we posted about our 75th anniversary symposium last week. Following the symposium, Columbia University hosted a reception in the space that contains the EQMM 75th … Continue reading
Posted in Conventions, Ellery Queen
Tagged bouchercon, columbia, convention, crime, ellery queen, eqmm, mystery, new orleans, panel
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EQMM 75th-ANNIVERSARY PHOTO GALLERY
Last week, in my October 12 post, I promised some photos of the celebratory events surrounding EQMM’s 75th anniversary, beginning with the Ellery Queen panel at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in New Orleans and concluding with the reception following … Continue reading
Posted in Conventions, Ellery Queen, Magazine
Tagged 75th anniversary, celebration, convention, crime fiction, detective fiction, editor, ellery queen, eqmm, literature, mystery fiction, panel, scholar, symposium, writer
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“The Return of Poggioli: T.S. Stribling’s Sleuth Given a New Home in EQMM” (by Arthur Vidro)
Arthur Vidro is a freelance fiction editor who publishes a thrice-yearly print journal called (Give Me That) Old-Time Detection (please direct any inquiries to oldtimedetection@netzero.net). He is also the author of two stories for EQMM. The first of them, “The … Continue reading
2016 EDGARS/MALICE PHOTO GALLERY
It’s hard to believe that another awards season has come and gone. As always, the five days that encompassed the Edgar Allan Poe Awards in New York City and the Malice Domestic Convention in Bethesda, Maryland were jam-packed. It all … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Ellery Queen, Genre, Writers
Tagged awards, convention, edgars, editors, eqmm, malice, Malice Domestic, MWA, readers award, the edgars, writers
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OUR DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY YEAR
Last week, EQMM January 2016, the first issue in our 75th year in continuous publication, went on sale. I hope you’ve seen it! In celebration of this diamond anniversary year, special features are planned for each of the 2016 issues. … Continue reading
Posted in Anthologies, Awards, Books, Business, Ellery Queen, Fiction, Genre, History, Magazine, Readers, Writers
Tagged anniversary, celebration, diamond anniversary, eqmm, history, milton glaser, periodical, publishing, year ahead
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