Delano Ames
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Delano Ames was an American
writer of detective stories. Ames was the author of some 20 books, many of them featuring a husband and wife detective team of amateurs named 'Dagobert and Jane Brown'. A later series of novels involved a character named Juan Lorca, of the Spanish Civil Guard, who solved local mysteries.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Delano's father Benjamin worked for the local newspaper, but moved the family in 1917 to New Mexico
.
Ames married Australian born writer, Maysie Grieg (1901-1971) in Greenwich Village
, New York City
, in 1929. Greig was a prolific author of light-hearted romance novels. They divorced in 1937.
Ames lived in England
for the next few years, where he married his second wife, Kit, and was assigned as a British intelligence officer during World War II
. He also worked on anthologies on mythology and as a translator for Larousse in France
. His last book was an introduction for a book of photography of Spain
in 1971.
He died in Madrid
, Spain, in January 1987.
His novels include:
Other works include
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writer of detective stories. Ames was the author of some 20 books, many of them featuring a husband and wife detective team of amateurs named 'Dagobert and Jane Brown'. A later series of novels involved a character named Juan Lorca, of the Spanish Civil Guard, who solved local mysteries.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Delano's father Benjamin worked for the local newspaper, but moved the family in 1917 to New Mexico
New Mexico
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.
Ames married Australian born writer, Maysie Grieg (1901-1971) in Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village
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, New York City
New York City
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, in 1929. Greig was a prolific author of light-hearted romance novels. They divorced in 1937.
Ames lived in England
England
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for the next few years, where he married his second wife, Kit, and was assigned as a British intelligence officer during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. He also worked on anthologies on mythology and as a translator for Larousse in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. His last book was an introduction for a book of photography of Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
in 1971.
He died in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain, in January 1987.
His novels include:
- They Journey by Night. Hodder & Stoughton (1932)
- No Traveller Returns. Nicholson (1934)
- A Double Bed on Olympus (1936)
- The Cornish Coast Conspiracy. Amalgamated Press (1942)
- He Found Himself Murdered. Swan (1947)
- She Shall Have Murder. Hodder & Stoughton (1948); Reprinted Rue Morge Press 2008
- Murder Begins at Home. Hodder & Stoughton (1949)
- Corpse Diplomatique. Hodder (1950) & Subsequently Penguin Books - his best known and most widely available book
- Death of a Fellow Traveller. Hodder & Stoughton (1950)
- The Body on Page One. Hodder & Stoughton (1951)
- Murder, Maestro, Please. Hodder & Stoughton (1952)
- No Mourning for the Matador. Hodder & Stoughton (1953)
- Crime, Gentlemen, Please. Hodder & Stoughton (1954)
- Landscape with Corpse. Hodder & Stoughton (1955)
- Crime Out of Mind. Hodder & Stoughton (1956)
- She Wouldn't Say Who. Hodder & Stoughton (1957)
- Lucky Jane. Hodder & Stoughton (1959)
- The Man in the Tricorn Hat. Methuen (1960)
- The Man with Three Jaguars. Methuen (1961)
- The Man with Three Chins. Methuen (1965)
- The Man with Three Passports. Methuen (1967).
Other works include
- History of the Piano by Henry Closson, Translated by Delano Ames. Paul Elek 1947