See these author-related sub-sections:

• Literary Awards
• Bibliographic Data
• NY Times Coverage of the McAleer's biography of Stout
• Miscellaneous Author-Related Factoids
• Media Coverage
• Correspondence

Overview of Rex Stout—Acclaimed Author

Rex Stout was a multifaceted personality with a wide range of accomplishments and interests. He is best known as the author of the Nero Wolfe Mystery Series, which still has innumerable fans worldwide. However, before the Nero Wolfe series, he made a living as a writer of pulp fiction (1910--1918). He also published a number of non-mystery novels from 1929-1938 and a few non-Wolfe mystery stories from 1937 – 1941.

During World War II , he virtually stopped writing except to support the war effort as a commentator, propagandist, and president of the War Writers Board. Throughout his life Rex Stout wrote and spoke to explain, propound, and argue his points of view on a wide range of political, social, and other issues.

He received wide media coverage, including radio and television productions and interviews. Click any of the links below to read more about it. Rex Stout was a member and activly involved in a number of writers' organizations including the Authors Guild, Authors League, Society of Authors, Screen Writers Guild, Dramatists Guild, Radio Writers Guild, Song Writers Guild.


His literary awards include:

• 1959: Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America
• 1969: Sliver Dagger Award for The Father Hunt from the Crime Writers Association
• 2000: Nomination of the Nero Wolfe corpus as the Best Mystery Series of the Century at Bouchercon 2000
• 2000: Nomination of Rex Stout as the Best Mystery Writer of the Century at Bouchercon 2000
• 2014: Induction of Rex Stout into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame (see information and photos of The Wolfe Pack in attendance)

Bibliographic data:

• Overview of Stout Writings
• Wolfe Books Alphabetic Listing
• Wolfe Books Chronological Listing
• Wolfe Books Published in Anthologies
• Robert Goldsborough's Wolfe Continuations (and prequel)
• Stout Biographies & Wolfe Commentaries
• Non-Nero Wolfe Publications
  • Pulp Fiction Period (1910—1918)
  • Other Writings & Publications (1929—1975)
    • Rex Stout wrote many, many reviews of other author's books. Links to a number of his reviews for The New York Times are available through the above page
    • Mr. Stout also wrote political and Wolfe-themed articles for magazines and other publications. Many of these are available for reading

Julian Symons' NY Times Review of McAleer biography of Stout was followed by a "firestorm" of responses

• November 13, 1977 Review
  
  
• November 16, 1977 response to review (apparently this response from a Stout neighbor was never published by The New York Times -- BUT DO READ THIS!)
  
  
• November 28, 1977 Mary Stewart's letter to John McAleer refuting Symons' Review
  
  
• February 19, 1978 NY Times publishes reader responses to Symons' review

Miscellaneous Factoids about Rex Stout

• Death of a Dude: Rex Stout's Writing Log, Character Outline, Story Time Line, & Map of Timberburg
  
  
• Alternate Novella Story Lines of some novellas
  
  
• The Last of the Novellas (from the Boston College Rex Stout Archives)
  
  
• The Doorbell Rang (reactions to the book, from the Boston College Rex Stout Archives)
  
  
• A Long Hidden Wolfe Title Comes to Light (from the Boston College Rex Stout Archives)
  
  
• NY Times announces Stout talk at Mystery Writers of America presentation in 1959
  
  
• Rex Stout tells his publisher that Jacques Barzun has stated in an article in The New Republic that Nero Wolfe stories are literature