* Eleanor Regis Sullivan; Mystery Writer and Editor

Eleanor Regis Sullivan, 62, editor of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and a writer of mystery fiction who worked under several names. Mrs. Sullivan compiled and edited more than two dozen anthologies of mystery and suspense fiction. She had been editor of the monthly Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine from 1975 to 1981 when she left for the Ellery Queen position. For her overall contributions to the mystery writing genre, Mrs. Sullivan received the Ellery Queen Award for Excellence from the Mystery Writers of America in 1987. She also wrote fiction and nonfiction that appeared in a variety of books, magazines and newspapers and has been reprinted in several languages. Her fiction often appeared under the pen names Lika Ness, Julia DeHahn and Ruth Graviros. She was the author of a 1984 book, “Whodunnit,” which profiled the late Frederic Dannay, whom she succeeded as editor of Ellery Queen. In New York City on July 12 of cancer.