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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
audio cassetteBourne, Michael, Rex Stout: An Informal Interview, in Corsage, James A. Rock & Co., Publishers [Out of Print]
[Audio Cassette of the interview available separately -- still in stock!]
Rex Stout & John McAleerMcAleer, 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

  • 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.

Click to ReadReview of McAleer Biography from Noblesville, IN Library/Rex Stout Archives

Click to ReadJulian Symons NY Times Review of McAleer Biography and the rebuttles
John & Andrew McAleer Site:  www.crimestalkers.com

John J. McAleer Obituary (Boston Globe, 11/21/2003)
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
Harper's Magazine, 1973 "Rex Stout's Most Extraordinary Meal"
 Click to ReadAn interview with Mr. Stout regarding his unusual trip to war-ravaged Europe in 1945.
Nero Wolfe Commentaries
(listed alphabetically, by author)
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 as Archie's Literary Agent.
William S. Baring-GouldBaring-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

Also view Baring Gould's Diogenes Club Award.
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
  • The Gazette, Volume II, Number 4 – Autumn 1983 (available for purchase)
Click to ReadCannon, Ammie Sorensen, "Controversial Politics, Conservative Genre: Rex Stout's Archie-Wolfe Duo And Detective Fiction's Conventional Form", Brigham Young University, Master of Arts Thesis, Department of English, August, 2006
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
Fred GotwaldGotwald, Rev. Frederick G.
  • Rex Stout, Name-dropper
  • The Nero Wolfe Handbook, Revised, 2000
  • New York City Walkabout, Revised, 1998
  • Nero Wolfe Companion ( 10 volumes)

The Rev. Gotwald at the Wolfe Pack's 2002 Black Orchid Assembly. The books by Rev. Gotwald, a longtime Wolfe Pack member, were privately published and are no longer available.
Wolfe Pack Gazette--Kaye, Marvin, Editor
McAleer, John J, Rex Stout Journals Pontes Press, Ashton, MD, 1987.
  • No. 1 - Autumn, 1984
  • No. 2 - Spring, 1985
  • No. 3 - Autumn, 1985
  • No. 4 - Spring, 1986
Click to ReadNo. 5 - Autumn, 1986/1988


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

click to read McAleer, John J, "Mysogynist Rex", Pages 86-89, Murderess Ink, Editor, Dilys Winn, Workman Publishing, 1979.
McBride, O. E., A Stout Fellow: A Guide through Nero Wolfe’s World iUniverse, Incorporated, 2003
click to readO'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 the many bestselling Nina Reilly novels.)
Click to ReadPenzler, Otto, Private Lives Of Private Eyes: Spies, Crime Fighters, and Other Good Guys, Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1977
Ruaud, André-François, Les Nombreuses Vies de Nero Wolfe: Un Privé À New York, les moutons électriques, 2008

This beautiful new homage to Nero Wolfe & Rex Stout is available online from Amazon France. Even if you do not read French, the hundreds of illustrations are worth the purchase price!
Roseman, Mill, Penzler, Otto, Steinbrunner, Chris, Lachman, Marvin, Detectionary, The Overlook Press, Woodstock, New York, 1977
Click to ReadSpiesman, Anthony, "Nero Wolfe Consultation", Murder Ink, Editor, Dilys Winn, Workman Publishing, 1977, Pages 88-90.
Stout, Rex & The Editors of Viking Press, The Nero Wolfe CookBook, Viking Press, 1987

Click to Read Polsby, Nelson W., Harper's Magazine, August, 1973
" Alimentary, my dear Watson" -- a review of the Cookbook -- August, 1973 (Sorry, Harper's online scan has the right side of the 2nd page cropped too close to the margin.)

Cookbook Synopsis
There are many recipes on various sites on the web. Some sites are listed on our links page and you can also search the web to find lots more sites with Wolfe recipes.
Symons, Julian; Adams, Tom (Illustrator) Great Detectives, Harry N. Abrams, 1981

Nero Wolfe pastiche with fabulous full color depictions of the brownstone and its inhabitants.
Townsend, Guy, "Nero Wolfe Saga" in The Mystery Fancier magazines, May 1977 / June 1980.
Kenethh Va Doren
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)
  • At Wolfe's Door -- The Nero Wolfe Novels of Rex Stout, The Borgo Press, 1991



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