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
David Wong (writer) David Wong (writer) Jason Pargin (born January 10, 1975), known by his pen name David Wong, is an American humor writer. He is the executive editor of humor website Cracked.com, a recurring guest in the Cracked Podcast and has written four novels, "John Dies at the End" (2007), "This Book Is Full of Spiders" (2012), "Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits" (2015), and "What the Hell Did I Just Read" (2017). "John Dies at the End" was adapted into a film of the same name in 2012. Wong was born in Lawrenceville, Illinois. He and fellow Internet writer John Cheese (real