- A master of ingenuity and plotting in both the short story and novel who wrote psychological thrillers (sometimes featuring a private investigator or an amateur sleuth), frequently dealing with the theme of revenge.
- A three-time winner of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Award. In 1981, he received the Myster Writers of America's Grand Master Award.
- His first published story, "The Specialty of the House," appeared in 1948 in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and won the Ellery Queen Award for Best First Story.
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