Writing
S.S. Van Dine
Born October 15, 1888 Died April 11, 1939 (Age 50)Charlottesville, Virginia, USA28 Credits
S. S. Van Dine is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 – April 11, 1939) when he wrote detective novels. Wright was an important figure in avant-garde cultural circles in pre-WWI New York, and under the pseudonym (which he originally used to conceal his identity) he created the once immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance, a sleuth and aesthete who first appe…
