Ross Macdonald\'s real name was Kenneth Millar.
He died in 1983..
He served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America and was awarded their Grand Master Award as well as the Mystery Writers of Great Britain\'s Gold Dagger Award. as a young man and published his first Novel in 1944.
Born near San Francisco in 1915 and raised in Ontario, Canada, Millar returned to the U.
S.
Ross Macdonald\'s real name was Kenneth Millar