Ellery Queen's Book of First Appearances Author:Ellery Queen (Editor) In 1983 'Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine' celebrated an important milestone with the publication of Story Number 600 in its Department of First Stories. For those unfamiliar with Ellery Queen - this meant that 600 authors who had never before been published profesionally will have launched their writing careers in EQMM. The 27 storie... more »s selected for this collection range from a detective debut in 1943 to a first appearance in print in 1979, a span of 36 years. The opening first was written by a 15 year-old schoolboy, and the closing first by a retired schoolteacher. In between are stories by a surgeon, a social worker, a lawyer, a librarian, several housewives and other people from all walks of life. Queen books have been translated into every major foreign language except Chinese. Ellery Queen popularized the mystery drama on radio in a program called 'The Adventures of Ellery Queen', which was on the air for nine years. In 1975-1976 a television program aired that starred Jim Hutton as Ellery, and David Wayne as Inspector Queen.« less