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  1. S. S. Van Dine (also styled S.S. Van Dine) [2] is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 – April 11, 1939) when he wrote detective novels. Wright was active in avant-garde cultural circles in pre- World War I New York, and under the pseudonym (which he originally used to conceal his identity) he ...

  2. Apr 22, 2024 · S.S. Van Dine (born Oct. 15, 1888, Charlottesville, Va., U.S.—died April 11, 1939, New York, N.Y.) was an American critic, editor, and author of a series of best-selling detective novels featuring the brilliant but arrogant sleuth Philo Vance. Wright was educated at St. Vincent and Pomona colleges in California, at Harvard University, and in ...

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  3. Publication Order of Anthologies. Murder Plus. (1992) Description / Buy at Amazon. S.S. Van Dine is the nom de plume of a very popular American writer and art critic named Willard Huntington Wright, who was famous for writing detective novels. He is best remembered for creating the 1920s popular fictional character, Detective Philo Vance.

  4. 1. The reader must have equal opportunity with the detective for solving the mystery. All clues must be plainly stated and described. 2. No willful tricks or deceptions may be placed on the reader ...

  5. S.S. Van Dine has 113 books on Goodreads with 17592 ratings. S.S. Van Dine’s most popular book is The Benson Murder Case (A Philo Vance Mystery #1).

  6. S.S. Van Dine. Writer: Philo Vance Returns. Willard Huntington Wright was born to Archibald Davenport Wright and Annie Van Vranken Wright on October 15, 1887, in Charlottesville. He attended St. Vincent College, Pomona College, and Harvard University. He also studied art in Munich and Paris, an apprenticeship that led to a job as literary and art critic for the Los Angeles Times. From 1912 to ...

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  8. The Scarab Murder Case, 1930, by S.S. Van Dine. In all of mystery, no major writer has fallen from grace as completely as S.S. Van Dine, the creator of Philo Vance. In the late 1920s and into the 1930s, Van Dine was one of the most popular and successful writers around, in or out of the mystery genre.

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