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Ross MacDonald may refer to: Ross MacDonald (musician), musician with The 1975. Ross MacDonald (sailor), Canadian sailor. Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian writer of crime fiction.
Jul 7, 2024 · “The Moving Target” Ross Macdonald (born Dec. 13, 1915, Los Gatos, Calif., U.S.—died July 11, 1983, Santa Barbara, Calif.) was an American mystery writer who is credited with elevating the detective novel to the level of literature with his compactly written tales of murder and despair.
Ross Macdonald is the pseudonym of 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.Millar was born in Los Gatos, California, and raised in his parents' native Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, where he started college.
A collection of 18 books featuring Lew Archer, a private investigator in Los Angeles, California, by Ross Macdonald, a pseudonym of American writer Kenneth Millar. Browse the titles, ratings, reviews, and editions of the series on Goodreads.
Jul 13, 1983 · Ross Macdonald, whose tightly written novels about the hard-boiled private eye Lew Archer lifted the modern detective novel to the level of literature, died of Alzheimer's disease Monday night in...
Sep 15, 2017 · Ross Macdonald, True Detective. The '50s noir novelist investigated sources of rot in the American grain. Illustration by John Ritter.
Mar 12, 1999 · When he died in 1983, Ross Macdonald was the best-known and most highly regarded crime-fiction writer in America.
