Margery Allingham

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born

May 20, 1904 in Ealing, London, The United Kingdom

died

June 30, 1966

gender

female

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Margery Allingham was born in Ealing, London in 1904 to a family of writers. Her father, Herbert John Allingham, was editor of The Christian Globe and The New London Journal, while her mother wrote stories for women's magazines. Margery's aunt, Maud Hughes, also ran a magazine. Margery earned her first fee at the age of eight, for a story printed in her aunt's magazine.

Soon after Margery's birth, the family left London for Essex. She returned to London in 1920 to attend the Regent Street Polytechnic (now the University of Westminster), and met her future husband, Philip Youngman Carter. They married in 1928. He was he collaborator and designed the cover jackets for many of her books.

Margery's breakthrough came 1929 with the publication of h...more

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Books by Margery Allingham

Average rating: 3.82 · 7,085 ratings · 624 reviews · 67 distinct works

	Police at the Funeral (Albert Campion Mystery #4) 3.97 avg rating — 704 ratings — published 1931 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Tiger in the Smoke (Albert Campion, #14) 3.98 avg rating — 649 ratings — published 1952 — 20 editions	My rating:
	The Crime at Black Dudley (Albert Campion Mystery #1) 3.59 avg rating — 666 ratings — published 1929 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Mystery Mile (Albert Campion Mystery #2) 3.86 avg rating — 548 ratings — published 1930 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Sweet Danger (Albert Campion Mystery #5) 4.03 avg rating — 350 ratings — published 1933 — 19 editions	My rating:
	The Fashion in Shrouds (Albert Campion Mystery #10) 3.88 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 1938 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Death of a Ghost (Albert Campion Mystery #6) 3.84 avg rating — 324 ratings — published 1958 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Flowers for the Judge (Albert Campion Mystery #7) 3.87 avg rating — 316 ratings — published 1936 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Case of the Late Pig (Albert Campion Mystery #8) 3.80 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 1937 — 17 editions	My rating:
	Look to the Lady (Albert Campion Mystery #3) 3.87 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 1931 — 11 editions	My rating:

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Series by Margery Allingham

Albert Campion (19 books)
by Margery Allingham

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Quotes by Margery Allingham

“She rose and followed her bust from the room.”
― Margery Allingham

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“I believe that an author who cannot control her characters is, like a mother who cannot control her children, not really fit to look after them.”
― Margery Allingham

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“It was a little skirmish across a century.”
― Margery Allingham, Black Plumes

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