Career
Many of his 130 stories have been published in Ellery Queen"s Mystery Magazine. Powell"s occasionally dark sense of humor and developed irony has led to him being noted by Marvin Lachman as "The Society of Jesus (Jesuit) Perelman of the mystery story..outrageous, hilarious satires, international crime and surprise endings."
Powell"s most loved characters include Acting Sergeant Maynard Bullock of the RCMP and the four generation family of San Sebastiano detectives, The Ganelons. The author was born in Toronto, attended the University of Toronto and taught and studied in France for three years.
He has worked on publications in New York City as well as in Rock Island, Illinois.
A collection of his stories has recently been published in Japan.
