Otto Penzler
Otto Penzler, the creator of American Mystery Classics, is also the founder of The Mysterious Press (1975); MysteriousPress.com (2011), an electronic-book publishing company; and New York City’s Mysterious Bookshop (1979). He has won a Raven, the Ellery Queen Award, two Edgars (for the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, 1977, and The Lineup, 2010), and lifetime achievement awards from NoirCon and The Strand Magazine. He has edited more than 70 anthologies and written extensively about mystery fiction.
Otto Penzler
Otto Penzler, the creator of American Mystery Classics, is also the founder of The Mysterious Press (1975); MysteriousPress.com (2011), an electronic-book publishing company; and New York City’s Mysterious Bookshop (1979). He has won a Raven, the Ellery Queen Award, two Edgars (for the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, 1977, and The Lineup, 2010), and lifetime achievement awards from NoirCon and The Strand Magazine. He has edited more than 70 anthologies and written extensively about mystery fiction.
Books by Otto Penzler

Golden Age Whodunits
Otto Penzler
Paperback, 2024
Fifteen puzzling tales from the masters of the mystery genre
Golden Age Whodunits
Otto Penzler
E Book
Fifteen puzzling tales from the masters of the mystery genre
Christmas Crimes at The Mysterious Bookshop
Otto Penzler
Hardback, 2024
Twelve festive crime stories set in New York City’s beloved mystery bookstore
Christmas Crimes at The Mysterious Bookshop
Otto Penzler
E Book
Twelve festive crime stories set in New York City’s beloved mystery bookstore
Death from a Top Hat: A Great Merlini Mystery
Clayton Rawson, Otto Penzler
Paperback, 2019
A detective steeped in the art of magic solves the mystifying murder of two occultists.
The Red Lamp
Mary Roberts Rinehart, Otto Penzler
Paperback, 2019
A professor tries to stop a murder spree, uncertain whether the culprit is man or ghost.
Home Sweet Homicide
Craig Rice, Otto Penzler
Paperback, 2019
The children of a mystery writer play amateur sleuths and matchmakers
The Puzzle of the Happy Hooligan
Stuart Palmer, Otto Penzler
Paperback, 2019
After a screenwriter is murdered on a film set, a street-smart school teacher searches for the killer.
The Chinese Orange Mystery
Ellery Queen, Otto Penzler
Paperback, 2019
A topsy-turvy crime scene sends a detective on a puzzling quest for the truth.
Death on the Aisle: A Mr. & Mrs. North Mystery
Frances Lockridge, Richard Lockridge, Otto Penzler
Paperback, 2019
They say Broadway is a graveyard of hopes and dreams, but someone’s adding corpses to its tombs…


