Clayton Rawson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Clayton Rawson

American mystery writer

Date of Birth: 15-Aug-1906

Place of Birth: Elyria, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1971

Profession: screenwriter, writer, illustrator, novelist, magician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Clayton Rawson (August 15, 1906 – March 1, 1971) was an American mystery writer, editor, and amateur magician.
His four novels frequently invoke his great knowledge of stage magic and feature as their fictional detective The Great Merlini, a professional magician who runs a shop selling magic supplies.
He also wrote four short stories in 1940 about a stage magician named Don Diavolo, who appears as a minor character in one of the novels featuring The Great Merlini.
"Don Diavolo is a magician who perfects his tricks in a Greenwich Village basement where he is frequently visited by the harried Inspector Church of Homicide, either to arrest the Don for an impossible crime or to ask him to solve it."