What type of stories did the author of the 1938 novel This Man Must Die use the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake?
Cecil Day-Lewis Cecil Day-Lewis (or Day Lewis) (27 April 1904 – 22 May 1972), often writing as C. Day-Lewis, was an Anglo-Irish poet and the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake. He was the father of actor Daniel Day-Lewis and documentary filmmaker and television chef Tamasin Day-Lewis.
Philip Marlowe Philip Marlowe is a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler. Marlowe first appeared under that name in "The Big Sleep", published in 1939. Chandler's early short stories, published in pulp magazines like "Black Mask" and "Dime Detective", featured similar characters with names like "Carmady" and "John Dalmas".