Margaret Yorke (1924–2012)
Autor(a) de Dangerous to Know
About the Author
Margaret Yorke was born Margaret Beda Larminie Nicholson in Surrey, but lived in Dublin until 1937, before moving back to England. During the war, she served in the Woman's Royal Naval Service as a driver. She then worked in the libraries of two Oxford colleges, and was the first woman ever to work mostrar mais in Christ Church library. She campaigned for Public Lending Rights for authors in Britain, and was also chairman of the Crime Writers' Association between 1979 and 1980. Her first novel, Summer Flight, was published in 1957. She then turned to the subject of crime with Dead in the Morning, published in 1970. With No Medals for the Major published in 1974, she began writing novels of suspense, which include The Point of Murder, Serious Intent and Act of Violence. In 1982, she won the Swedish Academy Detection award for the best translated novel, The Scent of Fear. Her books are published in 16 countries. In 1993, she won the Golden Handcuffs award, which is given in recognition of the popularity of the country's leading crime writer within the library service and to its borrowers. Margaret Yorke died November 17, 2012. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Disambiguation Notice:
(eng) aka Margaret Beda Larminie Nicholson
Séries
Obras de Margaret Yorke
Gifts from the Bridegroom [Short story] 1 exemplar(es)
Fair and Square [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
Devil’s Work 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Malice Domestic 7: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories (1998) — Contribuinte — 44 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Nicholson, Margaret Beda Larminie
- Data de nascimento
- 1924-01-30
- Data de falecimento
- 2012-11-17
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Compton, Surrey, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, UK
Dublin, Ireland - Educação
- Prior's Field School
- Ocupação
- librarian
novelist
crime novelist - Organizações
- Crime Writers Association (Chairman | 1979-80)
- Premiações
- Cartier Diamond Dagger 1999
- Aviso de desambiguação
- aka Margaret Beda Larminie Nicholson
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Resenhas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 52
- Also by
- 27
- Membros
- 1,676
- Popularidade
- #15,335
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- Resenhas
- 52
- ISBNs
- 487
- Idiomas
- 11
- Favorito
- 7