George Harmon Coxe

George Harmon Coxe (born 1901 in Olean , Cattaraugus County , New York , † January 31, 1984 ) was an American crime writer .

Life

Coxe dropped out without a degree. He worked in factories for some time and also hired himself as a lumberjack. He started writing around 1922.

In 1929 he married Elizabeth Fowler and had two children with her. In 1941, he settled with his family in Old Lyme ( Connecticut down).

reception

Coxe wrote over 60 novels, mostly under his own name. Among the protagonists he created, the photographers Jack Casey and Kent Murdock were by far the most successful. Many of his stories, such as those about the characters Leon Morley, Max Hale or Jack Fenner, were published by Coxe in various pulp magazines ( Black Mask and the like). The photography in all its forms takes place as a defining element of almost all of his work.

Honors

• In 1964 the Mystery Writers of America Association named him a Grand Master.

Works (selection)

Kent Murdock series

• Murder with pictures . Bear Hudson Books, London 1949
• The voice on the phone ( Eye witness ). Goldmann, Munich 1961
• One minute too late ( An easy way to go ). Goldmann, Munich 1969

Flash Casey series

• Murderers are camera shy ( Silent are the dead ). Goldmann, Munich 1969
• The photo of the year ( Murder for two ). Goldmann, Munich 1963
• Dr. Horvath is blackmailed ( error of judgment ). Goldmann, Munich 1962
• One glass too many ( Deadly image ). Goldmann, Munich 1964
• With your back to the wall ( The inside man ). Goldmann, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-442-04434-0

literature

• Armin Arnold u. a. (Ed.): Reclams Kriminalromanführer . Reclam, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-15-010278-2 , pp. 122-123
• Otto Penzler: Detectionary. A biographical dictionary of leading characters in detective and mystery fiction . Overloock Press, Woodstock, N.Y. 1977, ISBN 0-87951-041-2

Web links

• Literature by and about George Harmon Coxe in the catalog of the German National Library