Patrick Quentin
Patrick Quentin,
Q. Patrick and
Jonathan Stagge were pen names under which
Hugh Callingham Wheeler (19 March 1912 – 26 July 1987),
Richard Wilson Webb (August 1901 – December 1966),
Martha Mott Kelley (30 April 1906 – 2005) and
Mary Louise White Aswell (3 June 1902 – 24 December 1984) wrote
detective fiction. In some foreign countries their books have been published under the variant
Quentin Patrick. Most of the stories were written by Webb and Wheeler in collaboration, or by Wheeler alone. Their most famous creation is the amateur sleuth Peter Duluth. In 1963, the story collection ''The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow'' was given a Special
Edgar Award by the
Mystery Writers of America. In 1949, the book ''Puzzle for Pilgrims'' won the
Grand Prix de Littérature Policière International Prize, the most prestigious award for crime and detective fiction in France.
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