The Finishing Stroke the young heir, was born in 1905. This is at odds with accounts in the earliest Queen stories, but Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, who co-wrote the novels under the "Ellery Queen" pen name, were both born in 1905. To quote some negative criticism of the novel: "Rhymed threats of murder, accompanied by symbolic objectives, bewilder the guests and annoy the reader. The pervasive vulgarity renders the trick plot even less believable and justifies the contempt of those who dismiss all crime fiction as puerile." The Finishing Stroke The Finishing Stroke is a mystery novel by Ellery Queen, published
John Stevenson (writer) Way" (1969) started a series of seven erotic novels, published in the years 1969–1976 and based on a fictional art dealer named Albert Divine. He has two sons James and David. The eldest is the punk/alternative rock guitarist James Stevenson. Novels written under the pen name Marcus van Heller, published by Olympia Press: Ghostwritten: Novels written under the pen name Stephen John, published by Berkley Books: John Stevenson (writer) John "Steve" Stevenson (born 1930) is a British writer who, under the pen name Marcus van Heller, wrote erotic fiction for the "Traveller's Companion" series of Olympia Press publisher (1955–1961). Later