John Dickson Carr

Born: 30-11-1906

Died: 27-02-1977

Status: Paused

Books: 0 / 7 total (3 not ignored) — 0 eBooks, 0 AudioBooks

Added by: Contributor to Murder British Style

Added: 2026-09-02

Last updated: 2026-09-19 16:26

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Most recent book on record

Fifty Best Mysteries

Date: 1993-01-21

About

AKA Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson and Roger Fairbairn.

John Dickson Carr was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1906. It Walks by Night, his first published detective novel, featuring the Frenchman Henri Bencolin, was published in 1930. Apart from Dr Fell, whose first appearance was in Hag's Nook in 1933, Carr's other series detectives (published under the nom de plume of Carter Dickson) were the barrister Sir Henry Merrivale, who debuted in The Plague Court Murders (1934).