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   Ross MacDonald. Ross MacDonald may refer to: Ross MacDonald (musician), musician with The 1975. Ross MacDonald (sailor), Canadian sailor. Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian writer of crime fiction. Category: Human name disambiguation pages.

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   Jul 7, 2024 · Ross Macdonald (born Dec. 13, 1915, Los Gatos, Calif., U.S.—died July 11, 1983, Santa Barbara, Calif.) was an American mystery writer who is credited with elevating the detective novel to the level of literature with his compactly written tales of murder and despair. Though born in California, Millar spent almost all his youth in Canada.

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3. www.bookseriesinorder.com › ross-macdonaldRoss MacDonald - Book Series In Order

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   Ross MacDonald is a Canadian and American author of fiction. It is the pen name of Kenneth Millar. He was born in 1915 and died in 1983. He is the author of crime fiction and mystery novels. He is considered to be one of the masters when it comes to the genre of hard boiled mystery, along with Raymond Chandler and Dashell Hammet.

4. www.goodreads.com › author › showRoss Macdonald (Author of The Drowning Pool) - Goodreads

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   • Death Date: July 11, 1983

   • Birth Date: December 13, 1915

   • The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer, #2)
   • The Chill (Lew Archer, #11)
   • The Moving Target (Lew Archer, #1)
   • The Galton Case (Lew Archer, #8)

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6. www.nytimes.com › 1983/07/13 › obituariesROSS MACDONALD, NOVELIST, DIES AT 67 - The New York Times

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   Jul 13, 1983 · Ross Macdonald, whose tightly written novels about the hard-boiled private eye Lew Archer lifted the modern detective novel to the level of literature, died of Alzheimer's disease Monday night in ...

7. literariness.org › 2019/01/05 › analysis-of-rossAnalysis of Ross Macdonald’s Novels – Literary Theory and ...

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   Jan 5, 2019 · Learn how Ross Macdonald (1915–1983) developed his distinctive style and themes in his twenty-four novels, especially the Lew Archer series. Explore his use of Oedipal conflicts, family secrets, California setting, and psychological analysis in his crime fiction.

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   Who is Ross Macdonald?

   • For more information, read the guide to deletion. Ross Stewart MacDonald (born 6 June 1989) is an English musician who came to prominence as a founding member and bassist of the pop rock band the 1975. MacDonald spent his formative years in Macclesfield, Cheshire, and attended Wilmslow High School.

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   Did MacDonald like rebuking?

   • In 1950, Chandler published a collection he entitled Trouble Is My Business, a phrase Macdonald would enjoy rebuking again and again. “Getting information is my business,” Archer says in Black Money. You get the lowdown by listening; the good detective can merge with any group, nest into any situation.

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   Why did Chandler hate Ross Macdonald?

   • He was also contemplating Ross Macdonald, who had just published The Moving Target, his first novel featuring the detective Lew Archer. At the time, Chandler was obsessed with “significant” writing and resentful of the trash-strewn gully out back to which he believed genre writers like him were consigned.

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   How did Ross MacDonald die?

   • Ross Macdonald, whose tightly written novels about the hard-boiled private eye Lew Archer lifted the modern detective novel to the level of literature, died of Alzheimer's disease Monday night in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was 67 years old. The writer, whose real name was Kenneth Millar, died in the Pine Crest nursing home.

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   Sep 15, 2017 · Ross Macdonald was the pen name of Kenneth Millar. Born in California in 1915, his early life was shaped by his parents’ separation, after which his mother set out with him across Canada.