Daniel Nathan, professionally known as
Frederic Dannay (October 20, 1905 – September 3, 1982), and
Emanuel Benjamin Lepofsky, professionally known as
Manfred Bennington Lee (January 11, 1905 – April 3, 1971), were American cousins from
Brooklyn,
New York who wrote, edited, and anthologized
detective fiction under the pseudonym of
Ellery Queen. The writers' main
fictional character, whom they also named Ellery Queen, is a mystery writer and amateur detective who helps his father, Richard Queen, a New York City police inspector, solve baffling murders.