Douglas G. Greene
Douglas G. Greene
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American historian, editor, and author
> Douglas G. Greene is by profession a university teacher and by avocation a dilettante. He graduated from the University of South Florida in 1966, and after obtaining the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago he joined the faculty of Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, in 1971. Since 1983, he has been Professor of History and Director of the Institute of Humanities. He is author and/or editor of eight books, including two posthumous collections of stories and plays by John Dickson Carr: The Door to Doom (1980) and The Dead Sleep Lightly (1983). He is married with two children.
>>From "The Editors" autobiographical note in Death Locked In, 1987
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Douglas G. Greene is highly regarded for his scholarly work on classic detective fiction, particularly his extensive research and writing on authors like John Dickson Carr and S.S. Van Dine. He is also known for editing and compiling previously uncollected works by these and other Golden Age mystery writers.
Douglas G. Greene is a leading authority on John Dickson Carr, having written a definitive biography and edited several collections of Carr's uncollected stories and plays. He also contributed significantly to the study of L. Frank Baum and the Oz series, as well as other Golden Age mystery authors.