MARSH, DAME NGAIO

nīˈō, 1899–1982, New Zealand detective story writer. She was an art student, actress, and theatrical producer before her first novel, A Man Lay Dead, was published in 1934. Her many mystery novels, acute in characterization and literate in style, reflect her knowledge of the art studio and the theater. They include Artists in Crime (1938), Died in the Wool (1945), False Scent (1959), Killer Dolphin (1966), Last Ditch (1978), Photo Finish (1980), and her last book, Light Thickens, published posthumously (1982). She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1966.

See her autobiography, Black Beech and Honeydew (1965).

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books on: Marsh Dame Ngaio  - 5 results

 
 
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A Dictionary of Dates
Book by Cyril Leslie Beeching; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Anniversaries--Dictionaries, Calendars, Chronology, Historical
...July Marsalis, Wynton 18 Oct . Marseillaise 24 Apr . Marsh, Dame Ngaio 23 Apr . Marshall, George Catlett 31 Dec . Marston Moor...Meir, Golda 3 May Melanchthon, Philip 16 Feb . Melba, Dame Nellie 19 May Melbourne, Lord 15 Mar . Melchior, Lauritz...
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Great Women Mystery Writers: Classic to Contemporary
Book by Katheen Gregory Klein; Greenwood, 1994
Subjects: American Fiction--Women Authors--Bio-Bibliography, Detective And Mystery Stories, American--Bio-Bibliography, Detective And Mystery Stories, American--Dictionaries, Detective And Mystery Stories, English--Bio-Bibliography, Detective And Mystery Stories, English--Dictionaries, English Fiction--Women Authors--Bio-Bibliography, Fiction, Women Authors, American--Biography--Dictionaries, Women Authors, English--Biography--Dictionaries
...Acheson, C. "Cultural Ambivalence: Ngaio Marshs New Zealand Detective Fiction...74. Ball, John. "A Visit with Dame Ngaio Marsh." Mystery , 3 July 1981, pp. 23-25. Bargainnier, E. F. "Ngaio Marsh." In Ten Women of Mystery...
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The Australian Commonwealth: A Picture of the Community, 1901-1955
Book by Brian Fitzpatrick; F.W. Cheshire, 1956
Subjects: Australia--History
...5 - 6 Margins, 75 , 76 Maritime ind. commission, 72 Marsh, Ngaio, 27 Marshall, Alan, 302 fn Marshall, A. J., 26...benefits, 24 , 215 Medley, Sir John, 122 bn Melba, Dame Nellie, 178 , 306 bn Melbourne, 10 , 18 , 19 , 21...
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Crime Fiction
Book by John Scaggs; Routledge, 2005
Subjects: Crime In Literature, Detective And Mystery Stories, American--History And Criticism, Detective And Mystery Stories, English--History And Criticism
...The Doomsters (1958), London, Fontana, 1971. Marsh, Ngaio, A Surfeit of Lampreys (1940), London, HarperCollins...Sin City (1992), London, Titan Books, 1993. -- A Dame to Kill For (1994), London, Titan Books, 1994...
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Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge - Vol. 3
Book by Cheris Kramarae, Dale Spender; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Feminism--Encyclopedias, Women--Encyclopedias
...1922), considered her finest work. Ngaio Marsh (1899-1982) is one of the most...theater there from 1938 to 1964. Marsh, a celebrated writer of mysteries...of a Fool (1956). She was made a Dame of the Order of the British Empire...


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journal articles on: Marsh Dame Ngaio  - 1 result

 
 
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Books Recently Published
Journal article by Karen R. Little, James Procell; Music Library Association. Notes, Vol. 66, 2009
...entertainment centre. Wellington, N.Z.: Ngaio Press, 2007. 127 p. ISBN 9780958224390...9781400060788 (alk. paper). LC 2008- 016560. Marsh, Kathryn. The musical playground: global...Guillaume. Chanter en polyphonie a Notre-Dame de Paris aux 12e et 13e siecles. Turnhout...


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newspaper articles on: Marsh Dame Ngaio  - 2 results

 
 
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The Saturday TV Quiz
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), November 1, 2008
Subjects: Animated television programs, Cartoon television programs, Comedy programs, Television comedies
...sitcom couple had a pampered Yorkshire terrier named Truffles? 9 Which toff detective created by New Zealand Author Dame Ngaio Marsh was first brought to our TV screens in the 1960s as part of the Detective anthology in which he was played by Michael...
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When It's Murder at the Mikado; CLASSIC CRIME
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 11, 2011
...departed from the grande dame of crime fiction was in...ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION BY NGAIO MARSH (Harper pounds sterling9...height of their powers, Ngaio Marsh barely qualified...New Zealander herself, Ngaio Marsh knew well enough...


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encyclopedia articles on: Marsh Dame Ngaio  - 2 results

 
 
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Marsh, Dame Ngaio
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MARSH, DAME NGAIO ni o, 1899 1982, New Zealand detective story writer. She was an art...book, Light Thickens, published posthumously (1982). She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1966. See her autobiography, Black Beech and...
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New Zealand Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Katherine Mansfield , short-story writer; Sylvia Ashton-Warner , novelist and teacher; Eileen Duggan, poet; Dame Ngaio Marsh , writer of detective fiction; and Janet Frame , novelist. Nonetheless, New Zealand has maintained a flourishing...


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