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Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh DBE (/ ˈ n aɪ oʊ / NY-oh; 23 April 1895 – 18 February 1982) was a New Zealand mystery writer and theatre director. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1966.
Hugely talented, charming and enigmatic, Ngaio Marsh is one of New Zealand’s best-known literary figures, and was for a time our most famous export across the globe.
Nov 14, 2018 · In the Golden Age of British crime fiction in the 1920s and 1930s, the names of four women were so dominant that they became known as the “Queens of Crime.”. They were Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, and Ngaio Marsh—though, for my money, Marsh was the best of them.
Complete order of Ngaio Marsh books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
Ngaio Marsh (born April 23, 1895, Christchurch, New Zealand—died February 18, 1982, Christchurch) was a New Zealand author known especially for her many detective novels featuring Inspector Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard and, in later novels, his wife, Troy.
Dame Ngaio Marsh, born Edith Ngaio Marsh, was a New Zealand crime writer and theatre director. There is some uncertainty over her birth date as her father neglected to register her birth until 1900, but she was born in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand.
Roderick Alleyn Series. 33 primary works • 48 total works. aka: Inspector Alleyn series. English detective series, written from the 1930s to the 1980s.
Mar 7, 2022 · Christchurch-born novelist Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh, DBE (1895–1982) was one of the original four “Queens of Crime” along with Agatha Christie (1890–1976), Margery Allingham (1904–1966) and Dorothy L Sayers (1893–1957).
Ngaio Marsh. Newsweek described her novels as 'the best whodunits ever written'. Ngaio Marsh was also an artist, playwright, actor and director. The New York Times called her New Zealand's best-known literary figure. Marsh was regarded as one of ‘Queens of Crime’ in the 1920s and 1930s.
Ngaio Marsh spent most of her life in Christchurch, despite long periods in England. A prolific and hugely successful writer of crime fiction; paperbacks, hardbacks and radio serials of her work amounted to a small industry.
