Ngaio Marsh
Novelist, Author
1895 – 1982
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Who was Ngaio Marsh?
Dame Ngaio Marsh DBE, born Edith Ngaio Marsh, was a New Zealand crime writer and theatre director. She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1966.
Internationally Marsh is known primarily for her creation Inspector Roderick Alleyn, a gentleman detective who works for the Metropolitan Police. Thus she is one of the "Queens of Crime" alongside Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Margery Allingham.
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- Born
- Apr 23, 1895
Christchurch - Also known as
- Edith Ngaio Marsh
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Profession
- Education
- St Margaret's College
- University of Canterbury
Art
- Lived in
- New Zealand
- Died
- Feb 18, 1982
Christchurch
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on July 23, 2013
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