Delano Ames

Delano Ames
Born(1906-05-29)May 29, 1906
Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Died1987 (aged 8081)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationAuthor
GenreCrime fiction
SpouseMaysie Coucher Ames (1929–1937)
Kit Ames
RelativesColumbus 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.