Macdonald, Ross (Pseudonym of Kenneth Millar) 1915–

An American detective story writer in the tradition of Raymond Chandler, Macdonald is the creator of Lew Archer and the author of such best-selling novels as The Goodbye Look, The Underground Man, and The Moving Target. He has also written under the pseudonym of John Ross Macdonald. (See also CLC, Vols. 1, 2, 3, and Contemporary Authors, Vols. 9-12, rev. ed.)