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Otto Penzler

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Otto Penzler, the creator of American Mystery Classics, is also the founder of the Mysterious Press (1975); Mysterious Press.com (2011), an electronic-book publishing company; and New York City’s Mysterious Bookshop (1979). He has won a Raven, the Ellery Queen Award, two Edgars (for the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, 1977, and The Lineup, 2010), and lifetime achievement awards from Noircon and The Strand Magazine. He has edited more than 70 anthologies and written extensively about mystery fiction.

Otto Penzler Books

Golden Age Whodunits book cover

Golden Age Whodunits

Otto Penzler
The Greene Murder Case (An American Mystery Classic) book cover

The Greene Murder Case (An American Mystery Classic)

S. S. Van Dine
The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players: An Asey Mayo Mystery (An American Mystery Classic) book cover

The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players: An Asey Mayo Mystery (An American Mystery Classic)

Phoebe Atwood Taylor
The Case of the Rolling Bones: A Perry Mason Mystery (An American Mystery Classic) book cover

The Case of the Rolling Bones: A Perry Mason Mystery (An American Mystery Classic)

Erle Stanley Gardner
The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023 (Best Mystery Stories) book cover

The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023 (Best Mystery Stories)

Amor Towles
Golden Age Bibliomysteries (An American Mystery Classic) book cover

Golden Age Bibliomysteries (An American Mystery Classic)

Otto Penzler
The Bigger They Come: A Cool and Lam Mystery (An American Mystery Classic) book cover

The Bigger They Come: A Cool and Lam Mystery (An American Mystery Classic)

Erle Stanley Gardner
The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022 (Best Mystery Stories) book cover

The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022 (Best Mystery Stories)

Sara Paretsky
Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (An American Mystery Classic) book cover

Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (An American Mystery Classic)

Otto Penzler
The Cape Cod Mystery (An American Mystery Classic) book cover

The Cape Cod Mystery (An American Mystery Classic)

Phoebe Atwood Taylor
The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe: A Perry Mason Mystery (An American Mystery Classic) book cover

The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe: A Perry Mason Mystery (An American Mystery Classic)

Erle Stanley Gardner
The Golden Triangle book cover

The Golden Triangle

Maurice Leblanc
Mark Twain's Medieval Romance book cover

Mark Twain's Medieval Romance

Otto Penzler
The Greatest Russian Stories of Crime and Suspense book cover

The Greatest Russian Stories of Crime and Suspense

Otto Penzler
The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries book cover

The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries

Otto Penzler
The Case of the Borrowed Brunette: A Perry Mason Mystery (An American Mystery Classic) book cover

The Case of the Borrowed Brunette: A Perry Mason Mystery (An American Mystery Classic)

Erle Stanley Gardner
The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021 (Best Mystery Stories) book cover

The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021 (Best Mystery Stories)

Lee Child
Golden Age Detective Stories (An American Mystery Classic) book cover

Golden Age Detective Stories (An American Mystery Classic)

Otto Penzler
Collectibles book cover

Collectibles

Lawrence Block
The Odor of Violets book cover

The Odor of Violets

Baynard Kendrick
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