Margery Allingham





Margery Allingham

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

died
June 30, 1966

gender
female

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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


Average rating: 3.82 · 7,085 ratings · 624 reviews · 67 distinct works
Police at the Funeral (Albe...
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 704 ratings — published 1931 — 13 editions
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The Tiger in the Smoke (Alb...
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 649 ratings — published 1952 — 20 editions
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The Crime at Black Dudley (...
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 666 ratings — published 1929 — 13 editions
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Mystery Mile (Albert Campio...
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 548 ratings — published 1930 — 16 editions
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Sweet Danger (Albert Campio...
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 350 ratings — published 1933 — 19 editions
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The Fashion in Shrouds (Alb...
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 1938 — 19 editions
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Death of a Ghost (Albert Ca...
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 324 ratings — published 1958 — 15 editions
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Flowers for the Judge (Albe...
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 316 ratings — published 1936 — 10 editions
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The Case of the Late Pig (A...
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 1937 — 17 editions
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Look to the Lady (Albert Ca...
3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 1931 — 11 editions
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“She rose and followed her bust from the room.”
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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.”
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“It was a little skirmish across a century.”
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