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S.S. Van Dine

S.S. Van Dine

Biography

S. S. Van Dine is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 – April 11, 1939) when he wrote detective novels. Wright was an important figure in avant-garde cultural circles in pre-WWI New York, and under the pseudonym (which he originally used to conceal his identity) he created the once immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance, a sleuth and aesthete who first appeared in books in the 1920s, then in movies and on the radio. Willard Huntington Wright was born to Archibald Davenport Wright and Annie Van Vranken Wright on October 15, 1888, in Charlottesville, Virginia. His younger brother, Stanton Macdonald-Wright, became a respected painter and one of the first American abstract artists, founder of the school of modern art known as "Synchromism". Willard and Stanton were raised in Santa Monica, California, where their father owned a hotel. Willard, a largely self-taught writer, attended St. Vincent College, Pomona College, andHarvard University without graduating. In 1907, he married Katharine Belle Boynton of Seattle, Washington; they had one child, Beverley. After divorcing Katharine, whom he had abandoned early in their marriage, he married for a second time in October 1930. His second wife was Eleanor Rulapaugh, known professionally as Claire De Lisle, a portrait painter and socialite.

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    The Bishop Murder Case

    The Bishop Murder Case

    19295.2 / 10

    The Dragon Murder Case

    The Dragon Murder Case

    19345.8 / 10

    The Gracie Allen Murder Case

    The Gracie Allen Murder Case

    19395.5 / 10

    The Kennel Murder Case

    The Kennel Murder Case

    19336.1 / 10

    The Casino Murder Case

    The Casino Murder Case

    19356.5 / 10

    The Garden Murder Case

    The Garden Murder Case

    19365.5 / 10

    The Symphony Murder Mystery

    The Symphony Murder Mystery

    19320.0 / 10

    Calling Philo Vance

    Calling Philo Vance

    19405.8 / 10

    The Trans-Atlantic Mystery

    The Trans-Atlantic Mystery

    19324.3 / 10

    The Wall Street Mystery

    The Wall Street Mystery

    19316.0 / 10

    The Studio Murder Mystery

    The Studio Murder Mystery

    19326.0 / 10

    Night of Mystery

    Night of Mystery

    19370.0 / 10

    The Clyde Mystery

    The Clyde Mystery

    19310.0 / 10

    The Side Show Mystery

    The Side Show Mystery

    19320.0 / 10

    The Campus Mystery

    The Campus Mystery

    19320.0 / 10

    The Crane Poison Case

    The Crane Poison Case

    19320.0 / 10

    The Cole Case

    The Cole Case

    19320.0 / 10

    The Skull Murder Mystery

    The Skull Murder Mystery

    19324.7 / 10

    The Week End Mystery

    The Week End Mystery

    19310.0 / 10

    Philo Vance's Gamble

    Philo Vance's Gamble

    19475.7 / 10

    The Canary Murder Case

    The Canary Murder Case

    19295.6 / 10

    The Benson Murder Case

    The Benson Murder Case

    19305.8 / 10

    The Greene Murder Case

    The Greene Murder Case

    19295.8 / 10

    Vyvraždění rodiny Greenů

    Vyvraždění rodiny Greenů

    20026.0 / 10

    Murder in the Pullman

    Murder in the Pullman

    19325.0 / 10

    Philo Vance Returns

    Philo Vance Returns

    19475.0 / 10