Ross Macdonald was the main pseudonym used by the American-Canadian writer of crime fiction Kenneth Millar. He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in Southern California and featuring private detective Lew Archer. Since the 1970s, Macdonald's works (particularly the Archer novels) have received attention in academic circles for their psychological depth, sense of place, use of language, sophisticated imagery and integration of philosophy into genre fiction. Brought up in the province of Ontario, Canada, Macdonald eventually settled in the state of California, where he died in 1983.
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Ross Macdonald (1915-), John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Archie, Billy Weaver, C. Auguste Dupin, Carlos, Christopher Mulholland, Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meiningen, Duncan Ross, Fortunato, Godfrey Norton, Gregory W. Temple, Grimesby Roylott, Helen Stoner, Irene Adler, Jabez Wilson, James Bond, John Clay, Lady Fortunato, Luchresi, Minister D—, Montresor, Mr. Merryweather, Police Inspector JonesID Numbers
- OLID: OL342146A
- BookBrainz: 9e0f46a2-a03a-45fe-92e1-64b7f862de4a
- GoodReads: 70090
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- IMDb: nm0531906
- Library of Congress Names: n79056282
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- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV109060
- VIAF: 60355518
- Wikidata: Q318297
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q318297
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- John Macdonald
- John Ross Macdonald
- Ross Macdonald
- Росс Макдональд
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