It was written by Rand Lee, one of Manfred B. Lee’s sons--Manfred B. Lee being one of the two cousins (the other of whom was named Frederic Dannay) who, in the mid- to late-20th century wrote the successful Ellery Queen series of whodunit novels. (You’ll find a short bio of Rand Lee here.)The younger Lee composed this essay in connection with the fall 1975 debut of the NBC-TV series Ellery Queen, starring Jim Hutton and David Wayne. In it, he recalled his discovery that his father (who never seemed to work) was actually a quite famous man, recounted how cousins Lee and Dannay got started in the mystery-writing game, and applauded the way Ellery Queen captured the “authentic” Ellery of the books.
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2 comments:
Thank you for this. Very interesting.
As David says, this is really interesting. I've seen a few of the 70s tv shows and thought they were very enjoyable.
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