Ellery Queen Ellery Queen Ellery Queen is a crime fiction pseudonym created in 1929 by Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee, and later used by other authors under Dannay and Lee's supervision. Dannay and Lee's main fictional character, whom they also named Ellery Queen, is a mystery writer in New York City who helps his police inspector father solve baffling murders. Most of the more than thirty novels and several short story collections in which Ellery Queen appeared as a character were written by Dannay and Lee, and were among the most popular American mysteries published between 1929 and 1971. From 1961,
Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania located on the borough's outskirts. Her heart-shaped gravestone is visible from the road. Pen Argyl is also home to the Weona Park Dentzel carousel, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Pen Argyl's Fire Company, Lookout Fire Company #1, also holds an annual Labor Day parade and carnival. Pen Argyl is also home to Real English Foods, Inc, the company behind Mr. Pastie. In 1853, Joseph Kellow discovered slate in the surrounding area, coining what is now known as the Slate Belt community. The name Pen Argyl originated from the Welsh name meaning "head" and the Anglo-Saxon