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S. S. Van Dine (also styled S.S. Van Dine) is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 – April 11, 1939) when he wrote detective novels.
S.S. Van Dine (born Oct. 15, 1888, Charlottesville, Va., U.S.—died April 11, 1939, New York, N.Y.) was an American critic, editor, and author of a series of best-selling detective novels featuring the brilliant but arrogant sleuth Philo Vance.
S.S. Van Dine has 114 books on Goodreads with 17784 ratings. S.S. Van Dine’s most popular book is The Benson Murder Case (A Philo Vance Mystery #1).
The Philo Vance series written by author S.S. Van Dine is comprised of 12 books in total published between 1926 and 1939. Each of the novels of this series is based on a different murder case and features Philo Vance as the chief investigator in all of the cases.
S.S. Van Dine is the author of The Benson Murder Case (3.46 avg rating, 1425 ratings, 230 reviews, published 1926), The Bishop Murder Case (3.62 avg rati...
The Garden Murder Case. by S.S. Van Dine. 3.71 · 200 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 1935 · -11 editions. In the ninth novels in the series, "The Garden Mur…. Want to Read.
Mar 19, 2014 · THE DETECTIVE novelist S.S. Van Dine devised a list of 20 rules for writing detective stories. Whether in observance or willful disregard, the rules first published in 1928 make for interesting reflection on the works of Dr. John H. Watson and other detective chroniclers.
