Ross Macdonald
American writer (1915-1983) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 67
Kenneth Millar, known mainly by the pseudonym Ross Macdonald, was an American-Canadian writer of crime fiction. He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in Southern California and featuring private detective Lew Archer.
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Stuart Rosenberg Directed The Drowning Pool (1975)- Jack Smight Directed Harper (1966)
Elliott Kastner Produced Harper (1966)- Lawrence Turman Produced The Drowning Pool (1975)
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Since the 1970s, Macdonald's works 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.
