Ross Macdonald
publication date: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 (part of Fall 2016)
category: 
Literature
clue: This Canadian author hit the bullseye with his novels about the seedy side of Santa Barbara.
explanation: Macdonald was a crime fiction author praised for his books about fictional investigator Lew Archer ("bullseye") set in Santa Teresa, a fictionalized Santa Barbara. more…
difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, and Jesse King
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