Otto Penzler

About The Author

Otto Penzler, the creator of American Mystery Classics, is also the founder of the Mysterious Press (1975); Mysterious Press.com (2011), an electronic-book publishing company; and New York City’s Mysterious Bookshop (1979). He has won a Raven, the Ellery Queen Award, two Edgars (for the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, 1977, and The Lineup, 2010), and lifetime achievement awards from Noircon and The Strand Magazine. He has edited more than 80 anthologies and written extensively about mystery fiction.

Series by the Author

Books by Otto Penzler

The Tragedy of Y
By Ellery Queen
Introduction by Otto Penzler
A Shakespearean actor-turned-sleuth wonders if a suicide's been staged—and suspects the members of an eccentric New York family . . .
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