Barnaby Ross

American author

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detective stories

  • One-half of the writing team behind “Ellery Queen”
    In Ellery Queen

    The pair used another pseudonym, Barnaby Ross, when writing about their second detective creation, a retired Shakespearean actor named Drury Lane. They would hold public debates, wearing masks, with Lee posing as Queen and Dannay as Ross, believed by fans to be two distinct authors. The cousins’ identities were kept…

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