![]() ![]() Millar was a Scots spelling of the surname Miller, and the author pronounced his name Miller rather than Millar. Millar was born in Los Gatos, California, and raised in his Canadian parents' native Kitchener, Ontario. īrought up in the province of Ontario, Canada, Macdonald eventually settled in the state of California, where he died in 1983. Since the 1970s, Macdonald's works (particularly the Archer novels) have received attention in academic circles for their psychological depth, sense of place, use of language, sophisticated imagery and integration of philosophy into genre fiction. He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in Southern California and featuring private detective Lew Archer. ![]() Ross Macdonald was the main pseudonym used by the American-Canadian writer of crime fiction Kenneth Millar ( / ˈ m ɪ l ər/ December 13, 1915 – July 11, 1983). ![]()
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