Stanley Ellin 2000. He also wrote book reviews for such venues as "The New York Times Book Review", chiefly of suspense novels, as well as essays such as "Mystery Novel or Crime Novel" ("Writer", vol. 86, January 1973, pp. 22–24) and "The Destiny of the House" ("Armchair Detective", vol. 12, Winter 1979, p. 195). He appeared, along with Frederic Dannay, Brian Garfield, and Denis Healey, on the television show "Crime Writers" in the episode "Murder for Pleasure" (Season 1, Episode 6, 10 December 1978). Ellin died of a heart attack (complications from a stroke) at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New
Frederic Morton Frederic Morton Frederic Morton (October 5, 1924 – April 20, 2015) was an Austrian-born American writer. Born Fritz Mandelbaum in Vienna, Morton was the son of a blacksmith who specialized in forging (manufacturing) imperial medals. In the wake of the "Anschluss" of 1938, his father was arrested, but later released. The family fled to Britain in 1939 and migrated to New York City the next year, when the senior Mandelbaum also changed the family name in order to be able to join an anti-Semitic labor union. Morton worked as a baker but began studying literature in 1949. He returned to