Douglas G. Greene

Douglas G. Greene (born September 24,1944) is an American historian, editor, and author. He is the son of Margaret Chindahl Greene and the Reverend George L. Greene, He is married to Sandi Greene with whom he has a son, Eric and a daughter, Katherine,[1] and has an identical twin, David L. Greene, and a younger brother Paul.[2]

Greene is Emeritus Professor of History at Old Dominion University, specialising in Tudor and Stuart Britain.[3] He is a Charter Member of The International Wizard of Oz Club, founded in 1957, and he was a frequent contributor to The Baum Bugle. He is co-author of a biography of Oz illustrator W. W. Denslow and co-editor of stories and poems by Oz author Ruth Plumly Thompson. He was co-owner and editor of mystery publisher Crippen & Landru through 2017, continuing as senior editor beginning in 2018,[4] and has edited numerous Mystery fiction collections for both his own and other publishing houses. In 2014, the non-fiction anthology Mysteries Unlocked: Essays in Honor of Douglas G. Greene was released to celebrate his 70th birthday, with ten Edgar Award winning or nominated authors among those contributing.[5] Greene's biography John Dickson Carr: The Man Who Explained Miracles was nominated in 1996 for the Edgar Award Best Critical / Biographical Work.[6]

Awards

Selected bibliography

Books written or edited by Douglas G. Greene:

  • 2019 - The Cases of Lieutenant Timothy Trant (with Curtis Evans)
  • 2015 - I Believe in Sherlock Holmes
  • 2014 - The Compleat Adventures of Solange Fontaine
  • 2014 - The Compleat Achievements of Luther Trant
  • 2012 - Before the Fact
  • 2010 - The Complete Deteckative Memoirs of Philo Gubb, Esquire
  • 2010 - The Adventures of Rogan Kincaid
  • 2003 - The Romance of the Secret Service Fund
  • 2003 - Sissajig and Other Surprises (with Ruth Berman)
  • 1999 - Classic Mystery Stories
  • 1999 - Grand Guignol (in Japanese)
  • 1999 - The Dead Hand and other Uncollected Stories (with Tony Medawar)
  • 1997 - Detection by Gaslight, The Great Victorian and Edwardian Detective Stories
  • 1995 - John Dickson Carr: The Man Who Explained Miracles
  • 1991 - Fell and Foul Play
  • 1991 - Merrivale, March and Murder
  • 1989 - The Collected Short Fiction of Ngaio Marsh; reprinted as Alleyn and Others
  • 1987 - Death Locked In, An Anthology of Locked Room Stories (with Robert Adey)
  • 1985 - The Wizard of Way Up and Other Wonders (with James E. Haff)
  • 1983 - The Dead Sleep Lightly and Other Mysteries from Radio’s Golden Age
  • 1980 - The Door to Doom and Other Detections
  • 1978 - The Meditations of Lady Elizabeth Delaval
  • 1977 - Diaries of the Popish Plot
  • 1976 - Bibliographia Oziana (with Peter E. Hanff) revised edition, 1998.
  • 1976 - W. W. Denslow (with Michael Patrick Hearn)
  • 1974 - The Earl of Castlehaven's Memoirs of the Irish Wars

References
  1. Terry, Mark. "Crippen & Landru Raising the Bar". Mystery Scene Mag. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. "David L. Greene and Douglas G. Greene". The International Wizard of Oz Club. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  3. "Detective Fiction Community Honors Greene with New Book". Old Dominion University. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  4. "ODU PROFESSOR GREENE, "SISTERS IN CRIME" RECEIVE GEORGE N. DOVE AWARD". Old Dominion University. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  5. "Mysteries Unlocked: Essays in Honor of Douglas G. Greene". Mystery Scene. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  6. "Search the Edgars Database!". Mystery Writers of America. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
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