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Aaron Marc Stein

Novelist (1906-1985) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 78 · Born 120 years ago today

Aaron Marc Stein, known by the pen name George Bagby, was an American novelist who specialized in mystery fiction. Bagby's focus was on police investigators, especially the fictional Inspector Schmidt, Chief of Homicide for the New York Police Department.

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Awards

Edgar Awards1979

About this person

In the Schmidt novels, mystery-writer Bagby himself appears as "the Watson to Schmidt's Holmes, following him on cases, and acting as biographer." A number of his novels have been translated into other languages, including German, French, and Spanish.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 1985 · aged 78