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Stanley Ellin


(Stanley Bernard Ellin)
USA flag (1916 - 1986)

Stanley Ellin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at Brooklyn College. He worked as a teacher, a steelworked and a dairy farmer, and served in the US Army in World War 2, before becoming a full-time writer in 1946. His first published short story, 'The Speciality of the House' caused an immediate sensation and won him a special Ellery Queen Award. He won two Edgars for short stories, as well as one for The Eighth Circle, Le Grand Prix du Meilleur Roman Policier Etranger for Mirror, Mirror on the Wall and was made a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America in 1980.
 

Awards: Edgar (1959)  see all

Genres: Mystery
 
Series
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Novels
   Dreadful Summit (1948)
     aka The Big Night
   The Key to Nicholas Street (1952)
   The Eighth Circle (1958)
   The Winter after This Summer (1960)
   The Panama Portrait (1962)
   House of Cards (1963)
   The Valentine Estate (1968)
   The Bind (1970)
     aka The Man from Nowhere
   Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (1972)
   Stronghold (1974)
   The Other Side of the Wall (1976)
   The Luxembourg Run (1977)
   Very Old Money (1985)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Books containing stories by Stanley Ellin
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Tricks and Treats (2019)
(Mystery Writers of America Presents)
edited by
Joe Gores and Bill Pronzini

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Awards
1959 Edgar Award for Best Novel : The Eighth Circle
1957 Edgar Award for Best Short Story : The Blessington Method: And Other Strange Tales
1955 Edgar Award for Best Short Story : The House Party

Award nominations
1984 Shamus Award for Best PI Novel (nominee) : The Dark Fantastic
1984 Edgar Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Graffiti
1969 Edgar Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Last Bottle in the World
1969 Edgar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Valentine Estate
1964 Edgar Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Crime of Ezechiele Coen
1960 Edgar Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : The Day of the Bullet


Stanley Ellin recommends
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For Special Services (1982)
(James Bond, book 17)
John Gardner
"...The reader will do better to head for anything by Mr. Gardner that isn't imitation Fleming. As pure Gardner, he is quite a writer."
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The Green Stone (1961)
(Inspector Miguel Menendes, book 1)
Suzanne Blanc
"The Green Stone is a spellbinding experience."

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