Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine selling more than 90,000 copies, which is far beyond Dannay and the publisher’s expectation. Since then, "EQMM" has become the Amwtican leading magazine of the genre and is credited with setting the standard for the modern crime and mystery short stories and keeping short stories of the genre alive and flourish. Frederic Dannay served as editor-in-chief for EQMM for more than 40 years. As an editor, Dannay set his goal to establish a more respectful reputation for mysteries and keep the genre strong. Dannay explained his manifesto for "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" as being to "raise the sights of mystery
James Thompson (crime writer) Books" added to his reviewer biography, "James Thompson passed away in August 2014. The world of literature has lost a tremendous talent. And those at New York Journal of Books who came to know the person he was have lost a treasured friend who was blessed with talent and humanity in equal measure. He is and always will be greatly missed." Thompson was also editor of the anthology "Helsinki Noir" (November 2014, ). James Thompson (crime writer) James Thompson (16 October 1964 – 2 August 2014) was an American-Finnish crime writer based in Helsinki. He had a master's degree in