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James Powell is an author of mystery and humorous short stories. Many of his 130 stories have been published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. He has been nominated twice for the Crime Writers of Canada Award for the Best Short Story and, in 1989, won the Ellery Queen Readers' Award for the story "A Dirge for Clowntown" featuring Inspector Bozo of the Clowntown Police. Powell's occasionally dark sense of humor and developed irony has led to him being noted by Marvin Lachman as "The S.J. Perelman of the mystery story...outrageous, hilarious satires, international crime and surprise endings."

Powell's most loved characters include Acting Sergeant Maynard Bullock of the RCMP and the four generation family of San Sebastiano detectives, The Ganelons. The author was born in Toronto, attended the University of Toronto and taught and studied in France for three years. He has worked on publications in New York City as well as in Rock Island, Illinois. A collection of his stories has recently been published in Japan. He has resided in Marietta, Pennsylvania for many years with his wife, Mary Lou and their poodles Daphne and Daffodil.

He has published 2 short story collections:

  • A Murder Coming (Yonge & Bloor, 1990)
  • A Pocketful of Noses; Stories of One Ganelon or Another (Crippen & Landru, 2009)

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Total Books: 52
A Librarian's Guide to Graphs Data and the Semantic Web
2015 - A Librarian's Guide to Graphs Data and the Semantic Web [Chandos Information Professional Series] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781843347538
ISBN-10: 1843347539
Genres: Computers & Technology, Reference, Politics & Social Sciences
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Introducing Family Psychology A Practical Guide
2013 - Introducing Family Psychology a Practical Guide [Practical Guides] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781848315181
ISBN-10: 184831518X
Genres: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Parenting & Relationships
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StarTram The New Race to Space
2013 - Startram the New Race to Space (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781493577576
ISBN-10: 1493577573
Genre: Science & Math
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Catching the Process Fieldbus An Introduction to Profibus for Process Automation
The Fight for Maglev Making America The World Leader In 21st Century Transport
The Bank of Canada of James Elliott Coyne Challenges Confrontation and Change
Our Boating Trip from Bordeaux to Paris
2009 - Our Boating Trip From Bordeaux to Paris (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781113508980
ISBN-10: 1113508981
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A Pocketful of Noses Stories of One Galnelon or Another
2009 - A Pocketful of Noses Stories of One Galnelon or Another (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781932009378
ISBN-10: 193200937X
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Camp Life On The Weser
2009 - Camp Life on the Weser [1879] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781104044893
ISBN-10: 1104044897
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Deconstruction for Beginners
2005 - Deconstruction for Beginners [For Beginners] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780863169984
ISBN-10: 0863169988
Genre: Nonfiction
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Managing Distribution Retention Time to Improve Water Quality Phase I
2005 - Managing Distribution Retention Time to Improve Water Quality Phase I [Awwa Research Foundation Reports] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781843399018
ISBN-10: 1843399016
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Manatees Natural History  Conservation
2002 - Manatees Natural History Conservation [World Life Library.] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780896585836
ISBN-10: 0896585832
Genres: Science & Math, Outdoors & Nature, Substores
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Manatees and Dugongs
2002 - Manatees and Dugongs [Worldlife Library] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781841071268
ISBN-10: 1841071269
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Mysteries of Terra Firma The Age and Evolution of the Earth
Night Comes to the Cretaceous Comets Craters Controversy and the Last Days of the Dinosaurs
2001 - Night Comes to the Cretaceous Comets Craters Controversy and the Last Days of the Dinosaurs [Harvest Book] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780613365529
ISBN-10: 0613365526
Genre: Science & Math
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The Triumph of Liberty  A 2000 Year History Told Throughthe Lives of Freedom's Greatest Champions
APACHE MOON
1988 - Apache Moon (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780345355959
ISBN-10: 0345355954
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Summer with Outlaws
1987 - Summer with Outlaws [A Black horse western] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780709026136
ISBN-10: 0709026137
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Deathwind
1987 - Deathwind (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780345348098
ISBN-10: 0345348095
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Last Stronghold
1987 - Last Stronghold [A Black horse western] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780709017288
ISBN-10: 0709017286
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Energy and Eros Teachings on the Art of Love
1985 - Energy and Eros Teachings on the Art of Love (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780688028114
ISBN-10: 068802811X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Malpais Rider [A Double D Western] (Hardcover)