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Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh DBE (/ ˈ n aɪ oʊ / NY-oh; 23 April 1895 – 18 February 1982) was a New Zealand mystery writer and theatre director. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1966.
Complete order of Ngaio Marsh books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
Ngaio Marsh (born April 23, 1895, Christchurch, New Zealand—died February 18, 1982, Christchurch) was a New Zealand author known especially for her many detective novels featuring Inspector Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard and, in later novels, his wife, Troy.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hugely talented, charming and enigmatic, Ngaio Marsh is one of New Zealand’s best-known literary figures, and was for a time our most famous export across the globe.
Nov 14, 2018 · In the Golden Age of British crime fiction in the 1920s and 1930s, the names of four women were so dominant that they became known as the “Queens of Crime.”. They were Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, and Ngaio Marsh—though, for my money, Marsh was the best of them.
- Neil Nyren
Mar 7, 2022 · Learn about the life and achievements of Christchurch-born novelist Dame Ngaio Marsh, one of the original four “Queens of Crime”. Discover her artistic side as a painter and a founding member of The Group, a progressive art movement in New Zealand.
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 fathe...
