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Ethel Lina White (2 April 1876 – 13 August 1944) was a British crime writer from Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. She was best known for her novel The Wheel Spins (1936), on which the Alfred Hitchcock 1938 film The Lady Vanishes was based.
Dec 11, 2021 · Ethel Lina White: The Abergavenny writer who inspired Hitchcock. 11 December 2021. By Neil Prior, BBC News. BBC. Ethel Lina White had three of her novels adapted for the big screen. She was...
Ethel Lina White was a British crime writer, best known for her novel The Wheel Spins (1936), on which the Alfred Hitchcock film, The Lady Vanishes (1938), was based, and Some Must Watch (1933), on which the film The Spiral Staircase (1946) was based.
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- August 13, 1944
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Ethel Lina White has 108 books on Goodreads with 15601 ratings. Ethel Lina White’s most popular book is The Lady Vanishes.
May 17, 2023 · I was thrilled when she chose to talk about The Lady Vanishes, a 1936 novel by British mystery writer Ethel Lina White that I’d heard of but had never read. In our interview below, we talk about how to keep a reader hanging, the difference between a twist and a reveal, and why a train may be the perfect metaphor for suspense.
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Ethel Lina White (1876-1944) was born in Abergavenny and – as. a woman who eschewed personal publicity during her lifetime – she would no doubt be astonished to discover that her birthplace in Frogmore Street is now marked by a blue plaque.
