Edward D. Hoch
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Edward Dentinger Hoch (February 22, 1930 – January 17, 2008) was an extremely-prolific mystery writer.
The major characters from his "series stories" are:
- Nick Velvet (Gentleman Thief caper stories)
- Captain Leopold (over 100 Police Procedurals)
- Dr. Sam Hawthorne
- Rand
- Simon Ark, Occult Detective
- Ben Snow, cowboy detective
- Stanton and Ives
- Sir Gideon Parrot
- Michael Vlado
- Alexander Swift
- Barney Hamet
- Susan Holt
- Sebastian Blue and Laura Charme (Interpol)
- Al Darlan