The thing that got me hooked on Ellery Queen – and mysteries – was the Ellery Queen TV show that ran in 1975.  It starred Jim Hutton (father of Tim Hutton) and David Wayne as Inspector Queen.  It was produced and largely written by Levinson and Link – the pair who brought us great mysteries [...]

I just saw on the sff.net homepage that Stuart Kaminsky died.  He was one of my writing heroes.  (And before that, he was one of my academic heroes too.)
I’m now extra glad I got to meet him down in Owensboro two years ago at the Discovering New Mysteries drama festival.  I didn’t get a chance [...]