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Ross Macdonald — MetaHistoryBook
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Ross Macdonald
American writer (1915–1983)
Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata (Q318297) ↗
Details
Instance of
human
Born
13 December 1915
Died
11 July 1983
Place of birth
Los Gatos
Place of death
Santa Barbara
Sex or gender
male
Given name
Kenneth
Family name
Millar
Spouse
Margaret Millar
Genre
detective fiction
Occupation
writer
,
novelist
,
architect
Citizenship
United States
Awards
The Grand Master
,
Gold Dagger
,
Shamus Award
archives at
Canadian Architecture Collection
cause of death
Alzheimer's disease
educated at
University of Michigan
,
Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School
influenced by
Dashiell Hammett
languages spoken, written or signed
English
manner of death
natural causes
member of
Phi Beta Kappa Society
name in native language
Ross Macdonald
pseudonym
Ross Macdonald
start of work period
1944
topic's main category
Q17279576
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Connected on Wikidata
Author of
The Doomsters
The Drowning Pool
The Moving Target
Blue City
Sleeping Beauty
The Way Some People Die
The Ivory Grin
The Barbarous Coast
The Zebra-Striped Hearse
Black Money
The Galton Case
Trouble Follows Me
Creator of
Lew Archer
Ross and Macdonald
Subject of
Macdonald, Ross (1915-1983), detective novelist
Influenced
Sue Grafton
Spouse of
Margaret Millar