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Otto Penzler owns the Mysterious Bookshop in New York & founded the Mysterious Press & Otto Penzler Books. He has written & edited several books, including the Edgar-winning "Encyclopedia of Mystery & Detection". (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps
The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps (Editor) 526 copies, 8 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (Series Editor) 441 copies, 7 reviews
The Best American Noir of the Century (Editor) 349 copies, 7 reviews
The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries (Editor) 261 copies, 8 reviews
Christmas at The Mysterious Bookshop (Editor) 234 copies, 18 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 (Series Editor) 201 copies, 2 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2005 (Series Editor) 187 copies, 5 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2007 (Series Editor) 185 copies, 5 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 (Series Editor) 185 copies, 2 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 1998 (Series Editor) 174 copies
The Best American Mystery Stories 2008 (Series Editor) 163 copies, 2 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 (Series Editor) 154 copies, 2 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2002 (Series Editor) 153 copies
The Best American Mystery Stories 2006 (Series Editor) 149 copies, 1 review
The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 (Series Editor) 147 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2000 (Series Editor) 141 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 (Series Editor) 141 copies, 2 reviews
Detectionary (Editor) 133 copies, 1 review
The Best American Mystery Stories 2004 (Series Editor) 133 copies, 1 review
Dangerous Women (Editor) 128 copies, 2 reviews
The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories (Editor) 127 copies, 3 reviews
The Big Book of Ghost Stories (Editor) 126 copies, 8 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2012 (Series Editor) 122 copies, 2 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 (Series editor) 115 copies
The Best American Crime Writing 2005 (Series Editor) 113 copies, 1 review
The Big Book of Adventure Stories 110 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 (Series Editor) 108 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 (Series Editor) 99 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2013 (Editor) 95 copies, 1 review
The Best American Mystery Stories 2018 (Series editor) 94 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 (Series Editor) 91 copies, 3 reviews
Agents of Treachery (Editor) 88 copies, 4 reviews
Murder for Love (Editor) 85 copies
The Big Book of Female Detectives (Editor) 74 copies, 1 review
Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! (Editor) 69 copies
Murder for Revenge (Editor) 69 copies
The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 (Series Editor) 60 copies, 2 reviews
Pulp Fiction: The Villains 60 copies, 2 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2020 (Editor) 60 copies, 1 review
The Best American Crime Reporting 2010 (Editor) 58 copies, 1 review
The Big Book of Rogues and Villains (Editor) 57 copies, 3 reviews
The Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2021 (Editor) 54 copies, 4 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories of the 19th Century (Editor & Introduction) 49 copies, 1 review
Golden Age Detective Stories 49 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2019 (Series editor) 46 copies, 3 reviews
Murderers' Row (Editor) 37 copies, 1 review
Pulp Fiction: The Dames 34 copies, 3 reviews
The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries (Editor) 32 copies, 1 review
The Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2022 (Series Editor) 30 copies, 2 reviews
Murder at the Foul Line (Editor; Introduction) 28 copies, 1 review
Kwik Krimes 28 copies, 1 review
The Big Book of Espionage 27 copies, 1 review
The Locked-Room Mysteries (Editor) 23 copies, 2 reviews
Sherlock 21 copies
Golden Age Bibliomysteries (Editor) 16 copies, 2 reviews
Mysterious Obsessions 11 copies, 1 review
Criminal Records (Editor) 6 copies
The Cask 5 copies
Millennium thriller 4 copies, 1 review
The Best American Mystery Stories 2002 [Audio Book, abridged] (Narrator; Series Editor) 3 copies, 1 review
Moord uit het boekje (Editor) 3 copies
No Name 2 copies
813 2 copies
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Introduction, some editions) 14,713 copies, 287 reviews
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Introduction, some editions) 8,456 copies, 184 reviews
The Sign of Four (Introduction, some editions) 4,864 copies, 166 reviews
A Kiss before Dying (Introduction, some editions) 1,257 copies, 38 reviews
The Circular Staircase (Introduction, some editions) 924 copies, 40 reviews
The Floating Admiral (Editor, some editions) 767 copies, 25 reviews
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (Introduction, some editions) 739 copies, 33 reviews
Fiddlers (some editions) 441 copies, 9 reviews
Green for Danger (Introduction, some editions) 412 copies, 13 reviews
The Man in Lower Ten (Introduction, some editions) 375 copies, 17 reviews
The Wrong Box (Introduction, some editions) 360 copies, 8 reviews
The Siamese Twin Mystery (Introduction, some editions) 341 copies, 11 reviews
The Perfume of the Lady in Black (Introduction, some editions) 275 copies, 4 reviews
The Bishop Murder Case (Editor, some editions) 272 copies, 15 reviews
The Plague Court Murders (Introduction, some editions) 225 copies, 10 reviews
The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Introduction, some editions) 199 copies, 11 reviews
The So Blue Marble (Introduction, some editions) 131 copies, 5 reviews
The Mighty Johns (Editor, some editions) 92 copies, 2 reviews
The Singing Bone (Introduction, some editions) 84 copies, 5 reviews
The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 (Series editor) 76 copies, 1 review
The Best American Crime Reporting 2008 (Series editor) 75 copies, 1 review
A Miscellany for bibliophiles (Contributor) 24 copies, 1 review
Collectibles (Contributor) 19 copies, 1 review
The Mystery Mind (Introduction, some editions) 13 copies
Inward Journey (Contributor) 11 copies
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