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, and has an identical twin, David L. Greene, and a younger brother Paul. Greene is Emeritus Professor of History at

Old Dominion University Old Dominion University (ODU) is a Public university, public research university in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Established in 1930 as the two-year Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary, it began by educating people with fewer ...

, specialising in Tudor and

Stuart Stuart may refer to: People *Stuart (name), a given name and surname (and list of people with the name) * Clan Stuart of Bute, a Scottish clan *House of Stuart, a royal house of Scotland and England Places Australia Generally *Stuart Highway, ...

Britain Britain most often refers to: * Great Britain, a large island comprising the countries of England, Scotland and Wales * The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a sovereign state in Europe comprising Great Britain and the north-eas ...

. He is a Charter Member of

The International Wizard of Oz Club The International ''Wizard of Oz'' Club, Inc., was founded during 1957 by Justin G. Schiller, a then thirteen-year-old boy. The sixteen charter members were garnered from the mailing list found among the papers of the recently deceased Jack Sn ...

, founded in 1957, and he was a frequent contributor to

The Baum Bugle ''The Baum Bugle: A Journal of Oz'' is the official journal of The International Wizard of Oz Club. The journal was founded in 1957, with its first issue released in June of that year (to a subscribers' list of sixteen). It publishes three times p ...

. 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 Ruth Plumly Thompson (27 July 1891 – 6 April 1976) was an Americans, American writer of children's stories, best known for writing many novels placed in Land of Oz, Oz, the fictional land of L. Frank Baum's classic children's novel ''The Wonde ...

. He was co-owner and editor of mystery publisher

Crippen & Landru Crippen & Landru Publishers is a small publisher of mystery fiction collections, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1994 by husband and wife Sandi and Douglas G. Greene in Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk ( ) is an indepen ...

through 2017, continuing as senior editor beginning in 2018, and has edited numerous

Mystery fiction Mystery is a genre fiction, fiction genre where the nature of an event, usually a murder or other crime, remains wiktionary:mysterious, mysterious until the end of the story. Often within a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually prov ...

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 The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America which is based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards hon ...

winning or nominated authors among those contributing. Greene's biography ''

John Dickson Carr John Dickson Carr (November 30, 1906 – February 27, 1977) was an American author of detective stories, who also published using the pseudonyms Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson, and Roger Fairbairn. He lived in England for a number of years, and ...

: The Man Who Explained Miracles'' was nominated in 1996 for the

Best Critical / Biographical Work.

Awards

*1965 - The L. Frank Baum Memorial Award from The International Wizard of Oz Club *2001 - The Ellery Queen Award from the Mystery Writers of America *2003 - The

Malice Domestic The Agatha Awards, named for Agatha Christie, are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write in the traditional mystery subgenre: "books typified by the works of Agatha Christie . . . loosely defined as mysteries that contain no expli ...

Poirot Award *2003 -

Baker Street Irregulars The Baker Street Irregulars are fictional characters who appear in three Sherlock Holmes stories, specifically two novels and one short story, by Arthur Conan Doyle. They are street boys who are employed by Holmes as intelligence agents. The na ...

Distinguished Speaker *2007 - The George N. Dove Award from the Popular Culture Association for "serious study of mystery and crime fiction" *2016 - The

Amelia Award

Selected bibliography

Books written or edited by Douglas G. Greene: *1974 - '' The

Earl of Castlehaven Earl of Castlehaven was a title in the Peerage of Ireland, created on 6 September 1616. It was held in conjunction with the Baron Audley, Barony of Audley (created 1312 in the Peerage of England), the Barony of Audley of Orier (created with the ...

's Memoirs of the Irish Wars'' *1976 - '' W. W. Denslow'' (with

Michael Patrick Hearn Michael Patrick Hearn is an American literary scholar as well as a man of letters specializing in children's literature and its illustration. His works include '' The Annotated Wizard of Oz'' (1973/2000), '' The Annotated Christmas Carol'' (1977/2 ...

) *1976 - '' Bibliographia Oziana'' (with Peter E. Hanff) revised edition, 1998. *1977 - ''Diaries of the

Popish Plot The Popish Plot was a fictitious conspiracy invented by Titus Oates that between 1678 and 1681 gripped the kingdoms of England and Scotland in anti-Catholic hysteria. Oates alleged that there was an extensive Catholic conspiracy to assassinat ...

'' *1978 - ''The Meditations of Lady Elizabeth Delaval'' *1980 - ''The Door to Doom and Other Detections'' *1983 - ''The Dead Sleep Lightly and Other Mysteries from Radio’s Golden Age'' *1985 - ''The Wizard of Way Up and Other Wonders'' (with James E. Haff) *1987 - ''Death Locked In, An Anthology of Locked Room Stories'' (with

Robert Adey The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, reno ...

) *1989 - ''The Collected Short Fiction of

Ngaio Marsh Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh ( ; 23 April 1895 – 18 February 1982) was a New Zealand mystery writer, writer. As a crime writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Marsh is known as one of the Detective fiction#Golden Age detective novel ...

''; reprinted as ''Alleyn and Others'' *1991 - ''Merrivale, March and Murder'' *1991 - ''Fell and Foul Play'' *1995 - ''

: The Man Who Explained Miracles'' *1997 - ''Detection by Gaslight, The Great Victorian and Edwardian Detective Stories'' *1999 - ''The Dead Hand and other Uncollected Stories'' (with Tony Medawar) *1999 - ''Grand Guignol'' (in Japanese) *1999 - ''Classic Mystery Stories'' *2003 - ''Sissajig and Other Surprises'' (with

Ruth Berman Ruth Berman is an American writer of weird science fiction and speculative poetry. In 2003, she won the Rhysling Award for Best Short Poem. She was also the winner of the 2006 Dwarf Stars Award for her poem ''Knowledge Of''. In 1973, she was a ...

) *2003 - ''The Romance of the Secret Service Fund'' *2010 - ''The Adventures of Rogan Kincaid'' *2010 - ''The Complete Deteckative Memoirs of Philo Gubb, Esquire'' *2012 - ''Before the Fact'' *2014 - ''The Compleat Achievements of Luther Trant'' *2014 - ''The Compleat Adventures of Solange Fontaine'' *2015 - ''I Believe in

Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a Detective fiction, fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "Private investigator, consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with obser ...

'' *2019 - ''The Cases of Lieutenant Timothy Trant'' (with Curtis Evans) *2020 - ''The Island of Coffins''

References

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