author
Carl Clausen
1885–1954
A prolific pulp storyteller, Carl Clausen built a career on fast-moving mysteries and magazine fiction. His two known detective novels, The Gloyne Murder and Jaws of Circumstance, offer a glimpse into the suspenseful world of early twentieth-century popular literature.
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by Carl Clausen
About the author
Carl Clausen was a Danish-born writer who worked extensively in pulp magazines and other periodicals from about 1917 to 1941. Bibliographical records identify him as living from 1895 to 1954, correcting the earlier birth year of 1885; he died in Pennsylvania.
Clausen published two known detective novels with Dodd, Mead: The Gloyne Murder (1930) and Jaws of Circumstance (1931). He also wrote numerous shorter stories, including work for The Elks Magazine and detective pulp publications.