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Ethel Lina White

Born

in Abergavenny, Wales, The United Kingdom

January 01, 1876

Died

August 13, 1944

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Ethel Lina White was a British crime writer, best known for her novel The Wheel Spins (1936), on which the Alfred Hitchcock film, The Lady Vanishes (1938), was based, and Some Must Watch (1933), on which the film The Spiral Staircase (1946) was based.

Born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, in 1876, White started writing as a child, contributing essays and poems to children's papers. Later she began to write short stories, but it was some years before she wrote books.

She left employment in a government job working for the Ministry of Pensions in order to pursue writing. Her writing was to make her one of the best known crime writers in Britain and the USA during the 1930s and '40s.

Her first three works, published between 1927 and 1930, w ...more

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Average rating: 3.71 · 7,426 ratings · 1,335 reviews · 126 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Lady Vanishes 3.75 avg rating — 3,181 ratings — published 1936 — 173 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The Spiral Staircase 3.69 avg rating — 1,482 ratings — published 1933 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Fear Stalks the Village 3.59 avg rating — 580 ratings — published 1932 — 149 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Wax 3.55 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 1935 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	While She Sleeps 3.54 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 1940 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The Lady Vanishes / The Spiral Staircase by Ethel Lina White, Keith Carabine (Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	British Mysteries Collection, The Complete 7 Novels & Detective Story: Some Must Watch / Wax / The Wheel Spins / She Faded into Air / Step in the Dark / While She Sleeps / Fear Stalks the Village / Cheese 3.79 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Put Out the Light 3.78 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1931 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Step in the Dark 3.31 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1938 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	She Faded into Air 3.44 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1941 — 105 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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