John Dickson Carr

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Author
Mystery writer
gptkbp:activeYears 1934
1977
gptkbp:adaptation The Devil in Velvet (film)
The Hollow Man (film)
The Three Coffins (film)
gptkbp:alias gptkb:Carter_Dickson
gptkb:Roger_Fairbairn
gptkbp:associatedWith The Detection Club
British_Library_Crime_Classics
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Edgar_Award
Grand Master Award
gptkbp:born November 30, 1906
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:died February 27, 1977
gptkbp:education gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkbp:genre Detective fiction
Historical mystery
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Dickson Carr
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Agatha_Christie
gptkb:Julian_Symons
gptkb:Martin_Edwards
gptkb:Anthony_Boucher
Mystery genre
Ellery Queen
H.R.F. Keating
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Agatha_Christie
gptkb:Edgar_Allan_Poe
gptkbp:inspiration gptkb:Arthur_Conan_Doyle
gptkb:John_Buchan
gptkbp:knownFor Historical settings
Locked room mysteries
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork The Devil in Velvet
The Hollow Man
The Three Coffins
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Union_City,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Bermuda
gptkbp:setIn gptkb:England
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:spouse Dorothy_Carr
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Spanish
Dutch
French
German
Italian
gptkbp:website www.johndicksoncarr.com