The Origin of Evil The Origin of Evil The Origin of Evil is a mystery novel by Ellery Queen (pseudonym of American writers Manfred B. Lee and Frederic Dannay), published in 1951. It is set in Los Angeles, US. The beautiful young Laurel Hill asks Ellery Queen to investigate a series of unusual anonymous gifts that have been received by her father, Leander Hill, half of Hill and Priam, Wholesale Jewelers. Roger Priam is Leander's partner, who uses a wheelchair. The latest gift, a dead dog with a mysterious note in a silver casket around its neck, has caused Leander to have a heart
Frederic Will Renaissance, under HRC Director, Harry Ransom. "Contemporary American Thought; Twentieth Century Literary Criticism; Politica Economia Cultura" (Santiago de Chile); "Contemporary Authors 1"; "Margins"; "International Who's Who in Poetry". Essay studies of his work in Frank Shynnagh (pseudonym), "Opus," "Iowa Review" (1992); Albert Cook, "On Frederic Will," "Iowa Review" (1992); book length study, Frank Shynnagh (pseudonym), "Song Broken, Song: The Work of Frederic Will" (Mellen, 2008). Frederic Will Frederic Will is a Midwestern American writer. Will has been active in many genres: poetry, fiction, cultural history, philosophy, translation, travel memoir. The American poet/novelist/critic/translator Frederic Will was born in New Haven, Connecticut