John Dickson Carr was born on November 30, 1906 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for The Man with a Cloak (1951), Gefährliche Überfahrt (1953) and Das brennende Gericht (1962). He was married to Clarice Cleaves. He died on February 27, 1977 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA.