Ross Macdonald
13 December1915 – 11 July 1983
162 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
Ross Macdonald was the main pseudonym used by the American-Canadian writer of crime fiction Kenneth Millar. He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in Southern California and featuring private detective Lew Archer. Since the 1970s, Macdonald's works (particularly the Archer novels) have received attention in academic circles for their psychological depth, sense of place, use of language, sophisticated imagery and integration of philosophy into genre fiction. Brought up in the province of Ontario, Canada, Macdonald eventually settled in the state of California, where he died in 1983.
Also published as: John Macdonald, John Ross Macdonald, Росс Макдональд, Kenneth Millar, Ross MacDonald, Ross Macdonald
Most-read books
Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror
1982 · 32 want to read
The chill
4 · 1963 · 17 want to read
The name is Archer
2.5 · 1955 · 12 want to read
The Galton case
4 · 1959 · 11 want to read
The moving target
3.7 · 1949 · 10 want to read
Black money
4 · 1966 · 11 want to read
The drowning pool
4.7 · 1950 · 11 want to read
Hound Dunnit
4 · 1987 · 9 want to read
Great Stories of Suspense
1974 · 12 want to read
Archer at large
4.5 · 1970 · 9 want to read
The underground man
4 · 1971 · 4 want to read
Archer in jeopardy
4 · 1962 · 6 want to read
The Ivory Grin
4 · 1952 · 6 want to read
The Blue Hammer
4.5 · 1976 · 3 want to read
The far side of the dollar
4 · 1964 · 6 want to read
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1976 · 6 want to read
Four novels of the 1950s
2015 · 7 want to read
Crime Classics
4 · 1990 · 6 want to read
Strangers in Town
2001 · 6 want to read
The dark tunnel
3 · 1944 · 3 want to read
Blue city
4 · 1947 · 2 want to read
The barbarous coast
4.5 · 1956 · 4 want to read
The doomsters
4 · 1958 · 4 want to read
On crime writing
1973 · 4 want to read