Ngaio Marsh

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born

in Christchurch, New Zealand

April 23, 1895

died

February 18, 1982

gender

female

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Mystery & Thrillers

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Dame Ngaio Marsh, born Edith Ngaio Marsh, was a New Zealand crime writer and theatre director. There is some uncertainty over her birth date as her father neglected to register her birth until 1900, but she was born in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Of all the "Great Ladies" of the English mystery's golden age, including Margery Allingham, Agatha Christie, and Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh alone survived to publish in the 1980s. Over a fifty-year span, from 1932 to 1982, Marsh wrote thirty-two classic English detective novels, which gained international acclaim. She did not always see herself as a writer, but first planned a career as a painter.

Marsh's first novel, A MAN LAY DEAD (1934), which she wrote in London in 1931-32, introdu...more

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	A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn, #1) 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 3,282 ratings — published 1934 — 27 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death in a White Tie (Roderick Alleyn, #7) 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 2,564 ratings — published 1938 — 30 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Artists in Crime (Roderick Alleyn, #6) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2,236 ratings — published 1938 — 30 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death of a Peer (Roderick Alleyn, #10) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1,978 ratings — published 1940 — 20 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clutch of Constables (Roderick Alleyn, #25) 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 1,134 ratings — published 1968 — 21 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scales of Justice (Roderick Alleyn, #18) 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 978 ratings — published 1955 — 26 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enter a Murderer (Roderick Alleyn, #2) 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 984 ratings — published 1935 — 27 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Final Curtain (Roderick Alleyn, #14) 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 914 ratings — published 1947 — 25 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Colour Scheme (Roderick Alleyn, #12) 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 848 ratings — published 1943 — 24 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11) 3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 782 ratings — published 1941 — 21 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We do not wait for inspiration. We work because we've jolly well got to. But when all is said and done, we toil at this particular job because it's turned out to be our particular job, and in a weird sort of way I suppose we may be said to like it.”
― Ngaio Marsh

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“Above all things -- read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.”
― Ngaio Marsh, Death on the Air and Other Stories

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“You may be able to write a novel, you may not. You will never know until you have worked very hard indeed and written at least part of it. You will never really know until you have written the whole of it and submitted it for publication.”
― Ngaio Marsh, Death on the Air and Other Stories

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