Carroll John Daly
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Carroll John Daly (1889 – January 16, 1958) was a writer of crime fiction. He has been credited with creating the first hard-boiled detective story in 1923 with "Knights of the Open Palm," published June 1, 1923 in Black Mask magazine, featuring private detective Race Williams; the first appearance of Williams predated the debut of Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op character by several months. [1][2] During that era, Daly was considered the leader of the naturalistic school of crime writers. Daly's Williams was a rough and ready character with a sharp tongue, and established the model for many later acerbic private eyes.
[edit] Novels
- The White Circle (1926)
- The Snarl of the Beast (1927)
- Man in the Shadows (1928)
- The Hidden Hand (1929)
- The Tag Murders (1930)
- Tainted Power (1931)
- The Third Murderer (1931)
- The Amateur Murderer (1933)
- Murder Won’t Wait (1933)
- Murder from the East (1935)
- Mr. Strang (1936)
- The Mystery of the Smoking Gun (1936)
- The Emperor of Evil (1937)
- Murder at Our House (1950)
- Ready to Burn (1951)
[edit] References
- ^ Nolan, William F. (1985). The Black Mask Boys: Masters in the Hard-Boiled School of Detective Fiction. William Morrow & Company. pp. 273. ISBN 0-688-03966-9.
- ^ Mertz, Stephen. ""In Defense of Carroll John Daly," in Black Mask Online, http://www.blackmaskmagazine.com/carroldaly.html".
[edit] External links
- Carroll John Daly bibliography at HARD-BOILED site (Comprehensive Bibliographies by Vladimir)
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