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Josephine Leslie (1898–1979) was an Irish writer, usually under the name R. A. Dick (taking the initials from her sea captain father, Robert Abercromby). She most famously wrote the 1945 novel The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, which was made into a 1947 film and adapted for a 1960s TV series.
R.A. Dick was the pseudonym of Josephine Aimee Campbell Leslie Josephine Leslie, An Irish writer who wrote the 1945 novel The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. The book was made into a movie in 1947 starring Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders and Natalie Wood. It was also a television series in the 1960's. She also wrote The Devil and Mrs Devine.
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is a 1947 American supernatural romantic fantasy film starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and is based on a 1945 novel written by Josephine Leslie under the pseudonym of R.A. Dick.
R.A. Dick (pseudonym), Josephine Leslie. 4.12. 5,449 ratings951 reviews. Burdened by debt after her husband's death, Lucy Muir insists on moving into the very cheap Gull Cottage in the quaint seaside village of Whitecliff, despite multiple warnings that the house is haunted.
R. A. Dick. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Sep 23, 2014 - Fiction - 192 pages. The book that inspired Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s cinematic romance starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison—one of the...
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, by. R. A Dick. Publication date. 1945-01-01. Publisher. Ziff-Davis Pub. Co.
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is based upon a lean Victorian novel by Josephine Leslie (who published under the name R. A. Dick in 1945 for fear of misogyny leading to no or low sales). The novel is a romantic ghost story, more novella than epic.
