Delano Ames
Delano Ames | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 29, 1906 Mt. Vernon, Ohio |
| Died | 1987 (aged 80–81) Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Spouse | Maysie Coucher Ames (1929–1937) Kit Ames |
| Relatives | Columbus Delano (grandfather) |
Delano Ames (May 29, 1906 – January 1987) was an American writer of detective stories. Ames was the author of some 20 books, many of them featuring a husband and wife detective team of amateurs named Dagobert and Jane Brown. A later series of novels involved a character named Juan Lorca, of the Spanish Civil Guard, who solved local mysteries.