Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Anthony Boucher
Born: August 21, 1911
Died: April 29, 1968 (aged 56)
Bio: Anthony Boucher was an American crime and fantastic fiction editor and author of mystery novels and short stories and radio drama scripts in those fields. He was particularly influential as an editor.
Known for:
- Rocket to the Morgue (1942)
- Nine Times Nine (1940)
- The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (1940)
- The Compleat Boucher
- The Case of the Crumpled Knave (1939)