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Sandy Balzo
Jeremiah Healy
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The Ellery Queen Centenary Symposium, hosted by Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Columbia University, was a resounding success.
Speakers Steven E. Steinbock, Patricia Caldwell, and Richard Dannay delighted the audience with presentations about "Manny and Danny: Two Boys from Brooklyn," the two-man writing team of cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, whose pseudonym was Ellery Queen.
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Doug Allyn
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Tom Savage
S. J. Rozan
Priscilla Ridgeway
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Panels included Ellery Queen: Sleuth of Many Faces, covering the novels and stories; and Queen of All Trades: Editor, Teacher, Critic, Scholar, about EQ's other roles. The nature of the men's collaboration, Fatal Fusion: Uniting Separate Talents, was addressed by Francis M. Nevins.
Later, speakers and attendees mingled at the pre-Edgar cocktail reception, where Columbia University's exhibit of Ellery Queen manuscripts and other literary 'artifacts' allowed a fascinating peek at the processes involved in writing for both authors and editors.
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Richard Dannay
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Sarah Caldwell
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If you were unable to attend the symposium, now is your opportunity to get a DVD of the Ellery Queen Centenary Symposium presentations. For collectors, this celebratory video is a 'must have' for your archive. There are a limited number of copies, so order yours now by clicking on the box below.
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Lawrence Block, Dorothy Salisbury Davis
Mike Barr, Joan Richter, Otto Penzler
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Marc Dolan
Edward D. Hoch
B. J. Rahn
Doug Greene
Ted Hertel
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