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Clayton Rawson | |
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| Born | Clayton Ashley Rawson August 15, 1906 Elyria, Ohio |
| Died | March 1, 1971 (aged 64) Mamaroneck, New York |
| Occupation | Author |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Spouse |
Catherine Stone (m. 1929) |
| Children | Hugh Rawson (1936–2013), 3 others |
Clayton Rawson (August 15, 1906 – March 1, 1971) was an American mystery writer,[1] editor, and amateur magician. His four novels frequently invoke his great knowledge of stage magic and feature as their fictional detective The Great Merlini, a professional magician who runs a shop selling magic supplies. He also wrote four short stories in 1940 about a stage magician named Don Diavolo, who appears as a minor character in one of the novels featuring The Great Merlini. "Don Diavolo is a magician who perfects his tricks in a Greenwich Village basement where he is frequently visited by the harried Inspector Church of Homicide, either to arrest the Don for an impossible crime or to ask him to solve it."[2]
- ^ Nugent, Frank S. (August 10, 1939). "Miracles for Sale (1939) THE SCREEN; Murder in Magicians' Row Is the Theme of 'Miracles for Sale,' the New Mystery at the Criterion". The New York Times.
- ^ Penzler, Otto, et al. Detectionary. Woodstock, New York: Overlook Press, 1977. ISBN 0-87951-041-2