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Wallace, Edgar
(Author, playwright) - born on 1 April 1875 in Greenwich, England and died on 10 February 1932 in Hollywood, California, USA. Prolific British writer.
Citations:
1. 'The Edgar Wallace I Knew," by Nigel Morland, The Armchair Detective, Volume 1, Number 3, April 1968, pg 68.
2. 'The Edgar Wallace Checklist," The Armchair Detective, Volume 1, Number 3, April 1968.
3. 'Making A Name For Myself,' by Penelope Westlake, chapter in the reference book Murder Ink edited by Dilys Wynne, Workman Publishing, copyright 1977

Wallingford, J. Rufus
(character) - Character created by George Randolph Chester (1869-1924).
Citations:
1. 'The Many Rises and Falls of J. Rufus Wallingford,' by Albert Borowitz, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Winter 1979, Volume 1, pg 28-29.

WASHINGTON, MURDERS IN

(TOPICAL)
- Under construction is a dossier that will list every mystery book taking place in the state of Washington.
Citations:
1. DOSSIER: Dead and Read in WASHINGTON

Waugh, Hilary
(Writer) - The author of over 40 mystery novels. His Last Seen Wearing... (1952) was listed by the London Times as one of the hundred best mysteries ever written.
Citations:
1. 'The Real Detectives,' by Hilary Waugh, I, Witness: Personal Encounters With Crime by Members of the Mystery Writers of America, edited by Brian Garfield, NYT Times Books, 1978.
2. 'The Androgynous Name,' by Hilary Waugh, Murderess Ink, ed. by Dilys Winn, Workman Publishing, 1979.
3. 'The Human Rather Than Superhuman Sleuth,' by Hilary Waugh, The Murder Mystique, edited by Lucy Freeman. Frederick Ulgar Publishing, 1982.
This book is available from the CAIRO LIBRARY, and from www.abe.com.

WEBSITES< AUTHORS, OFFICIAL
(TOPIC)
- A list of websites created by the authors themselves.
Citations:
1. Murder@Maggody.com: The name of Joan Hess's latest book, and a delightful website, with music, graphics and links all based on 'Maggody, Arkansas.' A very fun site.
2. MPM: Mertz Peters Michaels, The Official Website of Elizabeth Peters (pseudonym, along with Barbara Michaels, of Barbara Mertz.

WEBSITES, GENRE
(TOPIC) 1. Archive of Mystery and Suspense fiction. Extensive lists of writers, their pseudonyms and their works.
2. Mystery Guide.com: a competitor of CAIRO'S book review section. However, we come not to bury Mystery Guide.com, but to praise it. Elegant interface, excellent site.
3. Lurid Paperbacks: A fun and excellent site regarding collecting paperbacks of the 30s, 40s and 50s. Features covers from detective and crime pulps.

Wells, Carolyn
(American author) -
Books on the web:
1. The Tecnnique of the Mystery Story. (1913). Available from Gaslight etext.
Citations:
1.

Wells, Helen
(Writer) - Author of the Cherry Ames nurse books and Vicki Barr flight stewardess series.
Citations:
1. 'Murder in Mother Goose,' by Helen Wells, The Murder Mystique, edited by Lucy Freeman. Frederick Ulgar Publishing, 1982.
This book is available from the CAIRO LIBRARY, and from www.abe.com.

WEST VIRGINIA, MURDERS IN

(TOPICAL)
- Under construction is a dossier that will list every mystery book taking place in the state of Alabama.
Citations:
1. DOSSIER: Dead and Read in WEST VIRGINIA

Westlake, Donald
(Author) - born in 1931. Writer of several mystery series under various pseudonyms - including Tucker Coe, Timothy J. Culver, and Richard Stark. [Dossier under construction].
Citations:
1. 'Hearing Voices in My Head: Tucker Coe, Timothy J. Culver, Richard Stark and Donald Westlake,' by Donald Westlake, chaper in the reference book Murder Ink edited by Dilys Wynne, Workman Publishing, 1977, pg. 7.
2. Living With A Mystery Writer,' by Abby Adams, Murder Ink, Dilys Winn, ed, Workman Publishing, 1977, pg. 76.
3. 'Tanled Webs for Sale: Best Offer,' by Donald E. Westlake, I, Witness: Personal Encounters With Crime by Members of the Mystery Writers of America, edited by Brian Garfield, NYT Times Books, 1978.
4. 'Patterns of Guild and Isolation in Five Novels by 'Tucker Coe',' by Jane S. Bakerman, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Spring 1979, Number 2, pg. 118-121.

Wetering, Janwillem van de

(Swedish author) - Born in Sweden, the only non-Jewish child at his first school, and the only one to survive when the Nazis took over during World War II.
Citations:
1. 'An Interview With A Black Sheep of Amsterdam: Janwillem van de Wetering,' The Armchair Detective, Volume 13, Spring 1980, Number 2, pg. 98-107.
2. The Craft of Crime: Conversations with Crime Writers, by John C. Carr, 1983, Houghton Mifflin. Complete chapter interview.
Outsider in Amsterdam 1975
Tumbleweed 1976
Corpse on the Dike 1976
Death of a Hawker 1977
Japanese Corpse 1977
Blond Baboon 1978
Maine Massacre 1979
Mind-Murders 1981
Streetbird 1983
Rattle-Rat 1985
Hard Rain 1986
Just a Corpse at Twilight 1994
Hollow-Eyed Angel 1996
Perfidious Parrot 1997
The Amsterdam Detectives (short stories) 1999

Whale, James
(Director) - British director, born 22 July 1893 in Dudley, England and died on 29 May, 1957, in Hollywood,California, USA. He committed suicide by drowning himself in his pool, due to complications from a brain stroke.
Most famous as the director of Karloff's Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, he was also the director of the screwball mystery thriller, Remember Last Night?
Two biographies and a fictional biography called Father of Frankenstein have been written about Whale in the past few years. The movie Gods and Monsters was based on his last days.
Citations:
1. 'Curtis Harrington Remembers James Whale,' an interview by Ken Hanke, Scarlet Street magazine issue 30, 1998, pg. 37.
2. 'Whale Hunt: The Search for James Whale,' book reviews by Ken Hanke, Scarlet Street magazine issue 30, 1998, pg. 37.

Whitfield, Raoul F.
(Author) - American author of pulps.
Citations:
1. 'Raoul F. Whitfield, A Star With The Mask,' by E. R. Hageman, The Armchair Detective, Volume 13, Summer 1980, Number 3, pg 179-184.

Wilson, Pudd'nhead
(Character) - Created by Mark Twain, Pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, in eponymous novel.
Citations:
1. 'David (Pudd'nhead) Wilson: The Missing Figure In A Detective's Group', by Louise Saylor. The Armchair Detective magazine, Volume 13, Winter 1980, Number 1, page 8-11.

Wimsey, Lord Peter
(Character) - The detective created by Dorothy L. Sayers.
Citations:
1. 'Lord Peter Views The Telly,' by J. R. Christopher, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Winter 1979, Volume 1, pg 20-27. (Reviews of the four BBC television serials starring Ian Carmichael in the 1970s.)
2. 'Lord Peter Wimsey of Picadilly: His Lordships Life and Times, Part 1' by William M. Scott, The Armchair Detective, Volume 13, Winter 1980, Volume 1, pg 17-22.

Wise, Robert
(Director) - born in 1914. Got his start on Orson Welle's Citizen Kane, directed A Game of Death (1946), Criminal Court (1946), Born to Kill (1947), starring Lawrence Tierney, and many more (as well as such classics as West Side Story, The Day The Earth Stood Still, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Citations:
1. American Filmmaker: Robert Wise - very detailed site from the American Film Institute.
2. 'Hail to the Master,'inteviewed b Kevin G. Shinnick in Scarlet Street magazine issue 29, 1998, pg. 45.

Whose Body?
- Whose Body?, written by Dorothy L. Sayers, debut of Lord Peter Wimsey.
Citations:
1. 'Whose Body?,' by Dorothy L. Sayers, critical analysis by L. David Allen, PhD, Cliff Notes: Detective in Fiction, 1978.

Wolfe, Nero
(Character, novels) - Private detective created by Rex Stout. He rarely leaves his brownstone (on only one occasion, in fact). Legwork is done by narrator Archie Goodwin.
Citations:
1. 'Who's Afraid of Nero Wolfe?,' by ichard S. Lochte II, The Armchair Detective, Voume 3, Number 4, July 1970, pg. 211
2. 'The Missing Years of Nero Wolfe,' by Thomas D. Waugh, The Armchair Detective, Voume 5, Number 1, October 1971
Web Citations
1. Nero Wolfe DOSSIER UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
2. The Nero Wolfe website. [One of the best Wolfe site, in CAIRO'S opinion].
3. Nero Wolfe.

Woolrich, Cornell
(Author) - American author.
Citations:
1. 'Cornell Woolrich, Part 1,' by Francis M. Nevins, Jr., The Armchair Detective, Volume 2, Number 1, October 1968, Pg. 25
2. 'Immortals do Die: Cornell Woolrich, A Memoriam,' by Bill Thailling, The Armchair Detective, Volume 2, Number 3, April 1969, pg 161.
3. 'Cornell Woolrich, His Writings and His World,' by Francis M. Nevins, Jr. The Armchair Detective, Volume 2, Number 3, April 1969, pg 180.
4. 'Cornell Woolrich: I Had Nobody,' by Steve Fisher, The Armchair Detective, Volume 3, Number 3, April 1970, pg 164.
5. 'A oolrich Preview,' by Francis M. Nevins, Jr., The Armchair Detective, Volume 4, Number 3, April 1971, pg 144.
6. 'Cornell Woolrich: The Years Before Suspense' by Francis M. Nevins, Jr., The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Spring 1979, Number 2, pg 106-110.
7. 'Cornell Woolrich on the Small Screen,' by Francis M. Nevins, Jr., The Armchair Detective, Volume 17, Spring 1984, Number 2, pg 175.

World of Yesterday, The
(Fanzine) - Fanzine magazine, it was published 6 times a year. It was a magazine 'devoted to the first sixty years of this century.'

Wyngarde, Peter
(British actor) - Born on 23 August 1933. Starred as Jason King in Department S and Jason King, and several memorable episodes of other British tv programs such as The Avengers and The Saint.
Citations:
Go to The Hellfire Club, official webpage for Peter Wyngarde.

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Wallace, Edgar (Author, playwright)	- born on 1 April 1875 in Greenwich, England and died on 10 February 1932 in Hollywood, California, USA. Prolific British writer. Citations: 1. 'The Edgar Wallace I Knew," by Nigel Morland, The Armchair Detective, Volume 1, Number 3, April 1968, pg 68. 2. 'The Edgar Wallace Checklist," The Armchair Detective, Volume 1, Number 3, April 1968. 3. 'Making A Name For Myself,' by Penelope Westlake, chapter in the reference book Murder Ink edited by Dilys Wynne, Workman Publishing, copyright 1977
Wallingford, J. Rufus (character)	- Character created by George Randolph Chester (1869-1924). Citations: 1. 'The Many Rises and Falls of J. Rufus Wallingford,' by Albert Borowitz, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Winter 1979, Volume 1, pg 28-29.
WASHINGTON, MURDERS IN (TOPICAL)	- Under construction is a dossier that will list every mystery book taking place in the state of Washington. Citations: 1. DOSSIER: Dead and Read in WASHINGTON
Waugh, Hilary (Writer)	- The author of over 40 mystery novels. His Last Seen Wearing... (1952) was listed by the London Times as one of the hundred best mysteries ever written. Citations: 1. 'The Real Detectives,' by Hilary Waugh, I, Witness: Personal Encounters With Crime by Members of the Mystery Writers of America, edited by Brian Garfield, NYT Times Books, 1978. 2. 'The Androgynous Name,' by Hilary Waugh, Murderess Ink, ed. by Dilys Winn, Workman Publishing, 1979. 3. 'The Human Rather Than Superhuman Sleuth,' by Hilary Waugh, The Murder Mystique, edited by Lucy Freeman. Frederick Ulgar Publishing, 1982. This book is available from the CAIRO LIBRARY, and from www.abe.com.
WEBSITES< AUTHORS, OFFICIAL (TOPIC)	- A list of websites created by the authors themselves. Citations: 1. Murder@Maggody.com: The name of Joan Hess's latest book, and a delightful website, with music, graphics and links all based on 'Maggody, Arkansas.' A very fun site. 2. MPM: Mertz Peters Michaels, The Official Website of Elizabeth Peters (pseudonym, along with Barbara Michaels, of Barbara Mertz.
WEBSITES, GENRE (TOPIC)	1. Archive of Mystery and Suspense fiction. Extensive lists of writers, their pseudonyms and their works. 2. Mystery Guide.com: a competitor of CAIRO'S book review section. However, we come not to bury Mystery Guide.com, but to praise it. Elegant interface, excellent site. 3. Lurid Paperbacks: A fun and excellent site regarding collecting paperbacks of the 30s, 40s and 50s. Features covers from detective and crime pulps.
Wells, Carolyn (American author)	- Books on the web: 1. The Tecnnique of the Mystery Story. (1913). Available from Gaslight etext. Citations: 1.
Wells, Helen (Writer)	- Author of the Cherry Ames nurse books and Vicki Barr flight stewardess series. Citations: 1. 'Murder in Mother Goose,' by Helen Wells, The Murder Mystique, edited by Lucy Freeman. Frederick Ulgar Publishing, 1982. This book is available from the CAIRO LIBRARY, and from www.abe.com.
WEST VIRGINIA, MURDERS IN (TOPICAL)	- Under construction is a dossier that will list every mystery book taking place in the state of Alabama. Citations: 1. DOSSIER: Dead and Read in WEST VIRGINIA
Westlake, Donald (Author)	- born in 1931. Writer of several mystery series under various pseudonyms - including Tucker Coe, Timothy J. Culver, and Richard Stark. [Dossier under construction]. Citations: 1. 'Hearing Voices in My Head: Tucker Coe, Timothy J. Culver, Richard Stark and Donald Westlake,' by Donald Westlake, chaper in the reference book Murder Ink edited by Dilys Wynne, Workman Publishing, 1977, pg. 7. 2. Living With A Mystery Writer,' by Abby Adams, Murder Ink, Dilys Winn, ed, Workman Publishing, 1977, pg. 76. 3. 'Tanled Webs for Sale: Best Offer,' by Donald E. Westlake, I, Witness: Personal Encounters With Crime by Members of the Mystery Writers of America, edited by Brian Garfield, NYT Times Books, 1978. 4. 'Patterns of Guild and Isolation in Five Novels by 'Tucker Coe',' by Jane S. Bakerman, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Spring 1979, Number 2, pg. 118-121.
Wetering, Janwillem van de (Swedish author)	- Born in Sweden, the only non-Jewish child at his first school, and the only one to survive when the Nazis took over during World War II. Citations: 1. 'An Interview With A Black Sheep of Amsterdam: Janwillem van de Wetering,' The Armchair Detective, Volume 13, Spring 1980, Number 2, pg. 98-107. 2. The Craft of Crime: Conversations with Crime Writers, by John C. Carr, 1983, Houghton Mifflin. Complete chapter interview. Outsider in Amsterdam 1975 Tumbleweed 1976 Corpse on the Dike 1976 Death of a Hawker 1977 Japanese Corpse 1977 Blond Baboon 1978 Maine Massacre 1979 Mind-Murders 1981 Streetbird 1983 Rattle-Rat 1985 Hard Rain 1986 Just a Corpse at Twilight 1994 Hollow-Eyed Angel 1996 Perfidious Parrot 1997 The Amsterdam Detectives (short stories) 1999
Whale, James (Director)	- British director, born 22 July 1893 in Dudley, England and died on 29 May, 1957, in Hollywood,California, USA. He committed suicide by drowning himself in his pool, due to complications from a brain stroke. Most famous as the director of Karloff's Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, he was also the director of the screwball mystery thriller, Remember Last Night? Two biographies and a fictional biography called Father of Frankenstein have been written about Whale in the past few years. The movie Gods and Monsters was based on his last days. Citations: 1. 'Curtis Harrington Remembers James Whale,' an interview by Ken Hanke, Scarlet Street magazine issue 30, 1998, pg. 37. 2. 'Whale Hunt: The Search for James Whale,' book reviews by Ken Hanke, Scarlet Street magazine issue 30, 1998, pg. 37.
Whitfield, Raoul F. (Author)	- American author of pulps. Citations: 1. 'Raoul F. Whitfield, A Star With The Mask,' by E. R. Hageman, The Armchair Detective, Volume 13, Summer 1980, Number 3, pg 179-184.
Wilson, Pudd'nhead (Character)	- Created by Mark Twain, Pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, in eponymous novel. Citations: 1. 'David (Pudd'nhead) Wilson: The Missing Figure In A Detective's Group', by Louise Saylor. The Armchair Detective magazine, Volume 13, Winter 1980, Number 1, page 8-11.
Wimsey, Lord Peter (Character)	- The detective created by Dorothy L. Sayers. Citations: 1. 'Lord Peter Views The Telly,' by J. R. Christopher, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Winter 1979, Volume 1, pg 20-27. (Reviews of the four BBC television serials starring Ian Carmichael in the 1970s.) 2. 'Lord Peter Wimsey of Picadilly: His Lordships Life and Times, Part 1' by William M. Scott, The Armchair Detective, Volume 13, Winter 1980, Volume 1, pg 17-22.
Wise, Robert (Director)	- born in 1914. Got his start on Orson Welle's Citizen Kane, directed A Game of Death (1946), Criminal Court (1946), Born to Kill (1947), starring Lawrence Tierney, and many more (as well as such classics as West Side Story, The Day The Earth Stood Still, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture Citations: 1. American Filmmaker: Robert Wise - very detailed site from the American Film Institute. 2. 'Hail to the Master,'inteviewed b Kevin G. Shinnick in Scarlet Street magazine issue 29, 1998, pg. 45.
Whose Body?	- Whose Body?, written by Dorothy L. Sayers, debut of Lord Peter Wimsey. Citations: 1. 'Whose Body?,' by Dorothy L. Sayers, critical analysis by L. David Allen, PhD, Cliff Notes: Detective in Fiction, 1978.
Wolfe, Nero (Character, novels)	- Private detective created by Rex Stout. He rarely leaves his brownstone (on only one occasion, in fact). Legwork is done by narrator Archie Goodwin. Citations: 1. 'Who's Afraid of Nero Wolfe?,' by ichard S. Lochte II, The Armchair Detective, Voume 3, Number 4, July 1970, pg. 211 2. 'The Missing Years of Nero Wolfe,' by Thomas D. Waugh, The Armchair Detective, Voume 5, Number 1, October 1971 Web Citations 1. Nero Wolfe DOSSIER UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 2. The Nero Wolfe website. [One of the best Wolfe site, in CAIRO'S opinion]. 3. Nero Wolfe.
Woolrich, Cornell (Author)	- American author. Citations: 1. 'Cornell Woolrich, Part 1,' by Francis M. Nevins, Jr., The Armchair Detective, Volume 2, Number 1, October 1968, Pg. 25 2. 'Immortals do Die: Cornell Woolrich, A Memoriam,' by Bill Thailling, The Armchair Detective, Volume 2, Number 3, April 1969, pg 161. 3. 'Cornell Woolrich, His Writings and His World,' by Francis M. Nevins, Jr. The Armchair Detective, Volume 2, Number 3, April 1969, pg 180. 4. 'Cornell Woolrich: I Had Nobody,' by Steve Fisher, The Armchair Detective, Volume 3, Number 3, April 1970, pg 164. 5. 'A oolrich Preview,' by Francis M. Nevins, Jr., The Armchair Detective, Volume 4, Number 3, April 1971, pg 144. 6. 'Cornell Woolrich: The Years Before Suspense' by Francis M. Nevins, Jr., The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Spring 1979, Number 2, pg 106-110. 7. 'Cornell Woolrich on the Small Screen,' by Francis M. Nevins, Jr., The Armchair Detective, Volume 17, Spring 1984, Number 2, pg 175.
World of Yesterday, The (Fanzine)	- Fanzine magazine, it was published 6 times a year. It was a magazine 'devoted to the first sixty years of this century.'
Wyngarde, Peter (British actor)	- Born on 23 August 1933. Starred as Jason King in Department S and Jason King, and several memorable episodes of other British tv programs such as The Avengers and The Saint. Citations: Go to The Hellfire Club, official webpage for Peter Wyngarde.