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- Birth nameJohn Dickson Carr
- John Dickson Carr was born on November 30, 1906 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for The Man with a Cloak (1951), Dangerous Crossing (1953) and The Burning Court (1962). He was married to Clarice Cleaves. He died on February 27, 1977 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
- SpouseClarice Cleaves(1931 - ?) (3 children)
- In 1949 was authorized by the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write the biography of Sherlock Holmes's creator.
- One of the greatest Golden Age detective novelists and famous as an innovator in mystery fiction, he is best known for his locked-room murders and similar "miracle crimes."
- Alternated between homes in Mamaroneck, NY, and England from 1948 to the early 1960s, when he settled in Greenville, South Carolina, where he died.
- He met his wife Clarice on an ocean voyage.
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