Chilly Willy was inspired, according to Scott MacGillivray's book Castle Films: A Hobbyist's Guide, by mystery writer Stuart Palmer.
John Stuart Mill | House of Stuart | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Stuart | Arnold Palmer | Mary Stuart | J.E.B. Stuart | James Francis Edward Stuart | Amanda Palmer | Stuart Raper | Stuart Highway | Charles Edward Stuart | Stuart Pearce | Leslie Stuart | Gilbert Stuart | George Palmer Putnam | Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel | Stuart Manning | Mary Stuart (play) | Carl Palmer | Palmer Station | Michael Palmer | Mary Stuart Masterson | John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute | David Palmer | Stuart Whitman | Stuart McLean | Stuart Holland | Stuart Christie | Ricky Stuart |
There are editions of other mysteries which have stood the test of time and are still considered moderately significant today, such as the works of Phoebe Atwood Taylor (under her own name and as Alice Tilton), Patricia Wentworth, Stuart Palmer, Clayton Rawson, Earl Derr Biggers, Patricia McGerr, Baynard Kendrick, Margaret Millar, Mary Roberts Rinehart, C. W. Grafton (father of Sue Grafton) and many others.