Judson Philips

Judson P. Philips (1903-1989), a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award winner, began his writing career in the pulp fiction magazines. He made his first professional fiction sale in 1924, while earning a journalism degree from Columbia University. He became a frequent contributor to Detective Fiction Weekly, which featured his Park Avenue Hunt Club series. In 1939 he won the $10,000 Dodd Mead Mystery Contest, using the pen name Hugh Pentecost, for Cancelled in Red. This marked a turning …