Dilys Winn (1939–2016) was an American bookseller who was one of the first to open a bookstore devoted to mystery and detective fiction.
[1] Dilys Barbara Winn was born in Dublin on September 8, 1939, and was brought to the United States one year later.
[2] Winn worked as an advertising copywriter in the late 1960s and then opened her own bookstore, Murder Ink, located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Like Otto Penzler, proprietor of the Mysterious Bookshop, Winn was a bookseller, editor, and anthologist who did much to develop a sense of tradition and self-consciousness in the genre while also giving access to its entertainment value and sense of fun.
Winn continued to be active in the field as an editor, anthologist, and organizer.