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Biographies of Rex Stout
Anderson, David R., Rex Stout, Frederick Ungar, 1983

Click to ReadAnderson, David R., "Crime and Character: Notes on Rex Stout's Early Fiction", The Armchair Detective, The Mysterious Press, Spring, 1980, Volume 13, Number 2, p. 169-171
Bourne, Michael, Rex Stout: An Informal Interview, in Corsage, James A. Rock & Co., Publishers.

John McAleer
McAleer, John J,

  • Rex Stout: A Biography with foreword by P. G. Wodehouse, Little, Brown, 1977
  • Rex Stout: A Biography, Brownstone Mystery Guides, Volume Six, Borgo Press, 1994
  • Rex Stout: A Majesty's Life (reprint, with additional forewords, of Rex Stout: A Biography), James A. Rock & Co., Publishers, 2002
McAleer, John J, Queens Counsel - Conversations with Ruth Stout on her brother Rex Stout Pontes Press, Ashton, MD, 1987.

McAleer, John J, Royal Decree - Conversations with Rex Stout Pontes Press, Ashton, MD, 1983.

McAleer, John J, Rex Stout Journals Pontes Press, Ashton, MD, 1987.
John McAleer & Rex Stout

No. 1 - Autumn, 1984
No. 2 - Spring, 1985
No. 3 - Autumn, 1985
No. 4 - Spring, 1986








John & Andrew McAleer Site: www.crimestalkers.com

John J. McAleer Obituary (Boston Globe, 11/21/2003)

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McAleer, John, "Rex Stout Newsletter", The Armchair Detective, The Mysterious Press, Spring, 1980, Volume 13, Number 2, p. 108-109. Click to read

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McAleer, John, "Mysogynist Rex", Pages 86-89, Murderess Ink, Editor, Dilys Winn, Workman Publishing, 1979.
Click to ReadSpiesman, Anthony, "Nero Wolfe Consultation", Murder Ink, Editor, Dilys Winn, Workman Publishing, 1977, Pages 88-90.

Townsend, Guy M. (Editor) with McAleer, John, J. and Sapp, Judson C. and Schemer, Arriean, Rex Stout An Annotated Primary and Secondary Bibliography, Garland, 1980

Nero Wolfe Commentaries 

Mr. Wolfe's biographies and career assessments may perhaps be said to be represented with the following works. However, these also contain insight into Mr. Stout's career


New from France:
Ruaud, André-François, Les Nombreuses Vies de Nero Wolfe: Un Privé À New York, les moutons électriques, 2008

Baring-Gould, William S., Nero Wolfe of West Thirty-fifth Street, Viking, 1969
Click a link to learn more: www.Sherlockian.Net and www.Wikipedia.org
Clark, John D., "Some Notes Relating To A Preliminary Investigation Into The Paternity Of Nero Wolfe" in The Baker Street Journal, Vol. VI, No.l, New Series, Jan 1956.

Dale, Alzina Stone, Mystery Readers Walking Guide: New York, Passport Books, NTC Publishing Group, Lincolnwood, Illinois. 1993

Darby, Ken, The Brownstone House of Nero Wolfe (As Told By Archie Goodwin) , Little, Brown, 1983
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DeVoto, Bernard, "The Easy Chair - Alias Nero Wolfe", Harpers Magazine, July, 1954. Click to read
Rev. Frederick Gotwald
The Rev. Gotwald (front right) at the Wolfe Pack's 2002 Black Orchid Assembly
Gotwald, Rev. Frederick G., Rex Stout, Name-dropper

Gotwald, Rev. Frederick G., The Nero Wolfe Handbook, Revised, 2000

Gotwald, Rev. Frederick G., New York City Walkabout, Revised, 1998

Gotwald, Rev. Frederick G., Nero Wolfe Companion ( 10 volumes )

(The books by Rev. Gotwald, a longtime Wolfe Pack member,
were privately published and are no longer available)

Kaye, Marvin, Editor The Nero Wolfe Files: From The Wolfe Pack Gazettes  Wildside Press, Publishers. 2005
Kaye, Marvin, Editor The Archie Goodwin Files: From The Wolfe Pack Gazettes  Wildside Press, Publishers. 2005
McBride, O. E., A Stout Fellow: A Guide through Nero Wolfe’s World iUniverse, Incorporated, 2003
O'Shaughnessy, H. M., Trivia and Treasures from Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Detective Stories-- from the mother of Perri O'Shaugnessy (the pen-name for two people, Pamela and Mary O’Shaughnessy, sisters and authors of eleven bestselling Nina Reilly novels.)

Penzler, Otto, Private Lives Of Private Eyes: Spies, Crime Fighters, and Other Good Guys, Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1977

Roseman, Mill, Penzler, Otto, Steinbrunner, Chris, Lachman, Marvin, Detectionary, The Overlook Press, Woodstock, New York, 1977
Stout, Rex & The Editors of Viking Press, The Nero Wolfe Cook Book, Viking Press, 1987
Symons, Julian; Adams, Tom (Illustrator) Great Detectives, Harry N. Abrams, 1981
Townsend, Guy, "Nero Wolfe Saga" in The Mystery Fancier magazines, May 1977 / June 1980.

Kenethh Va Doren

Professor J. Kenneth Van Dover at the Wolfe Pack's 2002 Black Orchid Assembly.

Van Dover, J. Kenneth, At Wolfe's Door -- The Nero Wolfe Novels of Rex Stout, James A. Rock & Co., Publishers, 2003 (A reprint, with additional material, of the original, Borgo Press, 1991)

Van Dover, J. Kenneth, At Wolfe's Door -- The Nero Wolfe Novels of Rex Stout, The Borgo Press, 1991

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