Ngaio Marsh
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- Marsh, Ngaio
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- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Date of birth
- 1895-04-23
- Place of birth
- Christchurch
- Date of death
- 1982-02-18
- Place of death
- Christchurch
Wikipedia
Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh ( NY-oh; 23 April 1895 – 18 February 1982) was a New Zealand writer.
As a crime writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Marsh is known as one of the "Queens of Crime", along with Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Margery Allingham. She is known primarily for her character Inspector Roderick Alleyn, a gentleman detective who works for the Metropolitan Police (London).
The Ngaio Marsh Awards are awarded annually for the best New Zealand mystery, crime and thriller fiction writing.
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New Zealand crime writer and theatre director. She wrote the Roderick Alleyn series.Last modified: 2020-10-22 (revision #35519)
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- Ngaio Marsh wrote Enter a Murderer
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Stumme Zeugen
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Grave Mistake
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Overture to Death
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Killer Dolphin
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Light Thickens
- Ngaio Marsh wrote When in Rome
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Vintage Murder
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Off with His Head
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Death at the Bar
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Final Curtain
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Death of a Peer
- Ngaio Marsh wrote False Scent
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Last Ditch
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Tied Up in Tinsel
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Photo Finish
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Death in Ecstasy
- Ngaio Marsh wrote A Man Lay Dead
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Opening Night
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Colour Scheme
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Scales of Justice
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Artists in Crime
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Dead Water
- Ngaio Marsh wrote Died in the Wool
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- 2024-10-03