Personal details
Full Name:
- Ngaio Marsh
Lifetime:
- 23 Apr 1895–18 Feb 1982
Biography
Ngaio Marsh
The magazine Newsweek described her novels as 'the best whodunits ever written'. Marsh was also an artist, playwright, actor and director.
Read more...Events In History
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18 February 1982'Queen of Crime' Ngaio Marsh dies
Marsh, one of 'Queens of Crime' in the 1920s and 1930s, died just weeks after submitting her 32nd detective novel, Light thickens, to publishers. She was also an artist, playwright, actor and director. Read more...
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Main image: Portrait of Ngaio Marsh
Standing portrait of dramatist and crime writer Ngaio Marsh taken c1935.