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# Francis M. Nevins Jr

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Francis Michael Nevins Jr. is an American mystery writer, attorney, and professor of law at Saint Louis University School of Law. He has also written a number of non-fiction works, including book-length studies of the life and works of Ellery Queen and of Cornell Woolrich, each of which earned the a

##  Quotes by Francis M. Nevins Jr

> [“This may not be art as art commonly goes; the lack of discipline, of control, would seem to rule it out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-m-nevins-jr/this-may-not-be-art-as-art-commonly-goes-the-lack-of-discipline-of/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [“Like the playwrights of the Absurd, Woolrich recognized that a senseless story best mirrors a senseless existence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-m-nevins-jr/like-the-playwrights-of-the-absurd-woolrich-recognized-that-a/)

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