Ellery QueenEllery Queen was the joint pseudonym of cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, whose collaboration produced some of the most influential detective fiction of the twentieth century. Their novels pioneered the "fair-play" mystery, in which all clus are presented to the reader, and their work set the standard for puzzle-based detective stories. The Ellery Queen mysteries remain central to the Golden Age tradition. Read More Read Less