ROSS MACDONALD's real name was Kenneth Millar. Born near San Francisco in 1915 and raised in Ontario, Canada, Millar returned to the U.S. as a young man and published his first novel in 1944. He served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America and was awarded their Grand Master Award as well as the Mystery Writers of Great Britain's Gold Dagger Award. He died in 1983.
"'Archer in Memory' honors both the character and his creator... it
reminds us that Macdonald's sleuth rose from troubled roots to
become a good man, a saver of people no less lonely than he; and...
recalls quite clearly why it is that The New York Times dubbed Ross
Macdonald's stories 'the finest series of detective novels ever
written by an American.'" --The Rap Sheet
"Archer fans are in for a treat.... Readers will gain a
surprisingly full sense of the man from the collection.... Prose as
sharp and durable as the detective's trademark charcoal-gray
suits."--Booklist
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