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Michaelis, Alan (1899 - 1953)

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Born
1899
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
1953
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Summary

Few details are available about Michaelis' life. He was born in Sydney, and Stephen Knight refers to him as 'a little-known Sydney writer and sportsman' in the introduction to his anthology Dead Witness: Best Australian Mystery Stories (1989), as well as quoting from a letter 'from his widow Mrs Jean Rylance,' which states Michaelis was 'a devotee of Sherlock Holmes and, for his own pleasure, decided to try his hand at writing detective fiction himself.'

Published resources

Books

  • Michaelis, Alan, Ingram intervenes, Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne, 1933, 111 pp. Details

Short Stories

  • Michaelis, Alan, 'The Two Partners', in Ingram Intervenes, Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne, 1933, pp. 3-46. Details
  • Michaelis, Alan, 'The Gangster', in Ingram Intervenes, Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne, 1933, pp. 47-86. Details
  • Michaelis, Alan, 'The Strath Creek Mystery', in Ingram Intervenes, Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne, 1933, pp. 87-111. Details

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Created: 26 November 2008, Last modified: 10 June 2015