Which_famons writer also wrote novels using the name Mary Westmacott?
"Absent in the Spring Absent in the Spring is a novel written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by Collins in August 1944 and in the US by Farrar & Rinehart later in the same year. It was the third of six novels Christie wrote under the nom-de-plume Mary Westmacott. The title is a quotation from William Shakespeare's sonnet 98: ""From you have I been absent in the spring..."" Stranded between trains, Joan Scudamore finds herself reflecting upon her life, her family, and finally coming to grips with the uncomfortable truths about her life. ""The Times Literary"
"Jan Westcott Jan Westcott (February 23, 1912 – October 29, 2011), born Maryann ""Mary"" Josephine Vlachos, was an American author of historical fiction. The daughter of Dutch-born classical scholar Nicholas P. Vlachos - a professor at Temple University - Westcott was born in Philadelphia and raised in the area, graduating from Swarthmore High School. While on summer vacation in Avalon (New Jersey) - after attending Swarthmore College for a year - she met and eloped with Richard J. Westcott in 1931, the couple then residing in Camden (New Jersey) where Jan Westcott became a ""stay at home mom"" to the"
"Many celebrities belonged to the Golden Dawn, such as the actress Florence Farr, the Irish revolutionary Maud Gonne, the Irish poet William Butler Yeats, the Welsh author Arthur Machen, and the English authors Evelyn Underhill and Aleister Crowley. In 1896 or 1897, Westcott broke all ties to the Golden Dawn, leaving Mathers in control. It has been speculated that his departure was due to his having lost a number of occult-related papers in a hansom cab. Apparently, when the papers were found, Westcott's connection to the Golden Dawn was discovered and brought to the attention of his employers. He may"
"Frank Atha Westbury Frank Atha Westbury (5 May 1838 — 24 September 1901), who wrote under the pen names of ""Atha"" and ""Atha Westbury"", was a popular and prolific author of mystery adventure novels, children's stories and poetry in late 19th century Australia and New Zealand. Most of his fiction was serialised in newspapers and journals between 1879 and 1905. His two major works were: “The Shadow of Hilton Fernbrook, A Romance of Maoriland” (1896) and “Australian Fairy Tales” (1897), which won him a place as one of the better known writers for children in Victorian-era Australia. Many of his"
"proud of ""Giant's Bread"". The blurb lends mystery to Miss Westmacott's identity. She has written half a dozen successful books under her own name, it says, but they have been so different from ""Giant's Bread"" that she decided to have it 'judged on its own merits and not in the light of previous success.' Who she is does not matter, for her book is far above the average of current fiction, in fact, comes well under the classification of a 'good book.' And it is only a satisfying novel that can claim that appellation. In ""Giant's Bread"" there are traces"
"Leacock's film ""Hand in Hand"" about a Roman Catholic child and his Jewish friend, for which she won several international awards. Her television work included ""Emergency – Ward 10"" and its spin-off ""Call Oxbridge 2000"", while she also made contributions to radio and wrote two novels: Delia (1974), Thomas the Fish (1976). MacDermot died in London on 21 November 1964, while Morgan lived until 9 December 1996, and died in Northwood, Middlesex. Diana Morgan (screenwriter) Mary Diana Morgan (born 29 May 1908, Cardiff, Wales – d. 9 December 1996 in Northwood, Middlesex, England) was a Welsh playwright and screenwriter, mostly"
"George Eliot Mary Anne Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Ann or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels, including ""Adam Bede"" (1859), ""The Mill on the Floss"" (1860), ""Silas Marner"" (1861), ""Romola"" (1862–63), ""Middlemarch"" (1871–72), and ""Daniel Deronda"" (1876), most of which are set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight. Although female authors were published under their own names during her lifetime, she wanted to escape the stereotype"
"papers archived at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University. Jan Westcott Jan Westcott (February 23, 1912 – October 29, 2011), born Maryann ""Mary"" Josephine Vlachos, was an American author of historical fiction. The daughter of Dutch-born classical scholar Nicholas P. Vlachos - a professor at Temple University - Westcott was born in Philadelphia and raised in the area, graduating from Swarthmore High School. While on summer vacation in Avalon (New Jersey) - after attending Swarthmore College for a year - she met and eloped with Richard J. Westcott in 1931, the couple then residing in Camden (New"
"or the Rambles of a Bicycle. He was ""Uncle Charlie"" to famed liberal Baptist minister, Harry Emerson Fosdick, whose writings reflected fondly on the time spent as a boy visiting Fosdick at his home in Westfield, New York. Fosdick married Sarah Elizabeth Stoddard in 1873, and they spent most of their married life in Westfield. They are buried beside each other in the Westfield Cemetery. Harry Castlemon Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his ""nom de plume"" Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He"
"(as Kathryn Kirkwood) Joanne Fluke Joanne Fischmann (""née"" Gibson, born in Swanville, Minnesota) is an American writer, using the pen name Joanne Fluke. She is best known for her cozy mystery series surrounding a small-town baker, Hannah Swensen. Five movies for the Hallmark Channel have been created based on her Hannah Swensen series. Fluke is also known for making chocolate chip cookies for her readers. Fluke has written under the pseudonyms John Fischer, R.J. Fischer, Jo Gibson, Chris Hunter, Gina Jackson and Kathyrn Kirkwood. Fluke was born to Cliff and Esther Gibson in in Swanville, Minnesota. She graduated from Swanville"
"Fortune"" in 1989""."" Mary Fortune Mary Helena Fortune (c. 1833 – 1911) was an Australian writer, under the pseudonyms Waif Wander and W.W. She was one of the earliest female detective writers in the world, and probably the first to write from the viewpoint of the detective. Never financially secure, she wrote prolifically over several genres including Poetry, Detective, Gothic Horror, Journalism and Travel writing. She was born Mary Helena Wilson around 1833 in Belfast, Ireland. Her mother, Eleanor, née Atkinson, died when she was very young, so she travelled with her father, civil engineer George Wilson to Montreal, Canada."
"affection for him. He died in Paris on 25 November 1894, from the result of being run over by a cab. John Chapman (publisher) John Chapman (16 June 1821 – 25 November 1894) was an English publisher who acquired the influential radical journal, the ""Westminster Review"". His assistant editor and lodger Mary Ann Evans later wrote classic novels under the name George Eliot. He was born on 16 June 1821. He was son of a chemist at Nottingham. He was apprenticed to a watchmaker at Worksop, but, not staying long with him, went to his brother, a medical student at"
"Joanne Fluke Joanne Fischmann (""née"" Gibson, born in Swanville, Minnesota) is an American writer, using the pen name Joanne Fluke. She is best known for her cozy mystery series surrounding a small-town baker, Hannah Swensen. Five movies for the Hallmark Channel have been created based on her Hannah Swensen series. Fluke is also known for making chocolate chip cookies for her readers. Fluke has written under the pseudonyms John Fischer, R.J. Fischer, Jo Gibson, Chris Hunter, Gina Jackson and Kathyrn Kirkwood. Fluke was born to Cliff and Esther Gibson in in Swanville, Minnesota. She graduated from Swanville High School in"
"Marion Chesney Marion Gibbons (née McChesney; born 1936) is a Scottish writer of romance and mystery novels since 1979. She has written numerous successful historical romance novels under a form of her maiden name, Marion Chesney, including the Travelling Matchmaker and Daughters of Mannerling series. Using the pseudonym M. C. Beaton, she has also written many popular mystery novels, most notably the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth mystery series. Both of these book series have been adapted for TV. She has also written romance novels under the pseudonyms Ann Fairfax, Jennie Tremaine, Helen Crampton, Charlotte Ward, and Sarah Chester. Writing"
"Fair Rosamund"" (1886), and the Association for Scottish Literary Studies produced a new edition of the novel ""Kirsteen"" (1890). BBC Radio 4 broadcast four-hour dramatisations of ""Miss Marjoribanks"" in August/September 1992 and ""Phoebe Junior"" in May 1995. A 70-minute adaptation of ""Hester"" was broadcast on Radio 4 in January 2014. Russell Hoban alludes to Oliphant's fiction in his 2003 novel ""Her Name Was Lola"". Margaret Oliphant Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (born Margaret Oliphant Wilson) (4 April 1828 – 20 June 1897), was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, who usually wrote as Mrs. Oliphant. Her fictional works encompass ""domestic realism,"
"Lucas Malet Lucas Malet was the pseudonym of Mary St Leger Kingsley (4 June 1852 — 1931), a Victorian novelist. Of her novels, ""The Wages of Sin"" (1891) and ""The History of Sir Richard Calmady"" (1901) were especially popular. Malet scholar Talia Schaffer notes that she was ""widely regarded as one of the premier writers of fiction in the English-speaking world"" at the height of her career, but her reputation declined by the end of her life and today she is rarely read or studied. At the height of her popularity she was ""compared favorably to Thomas Hardy, and Henry"
"1946 in order to pursue her research and writing. Freeman enjoyed success as a writer of fiction and wrote under the pseudonyms Mary Fitt (1936–60), Stuart Mary Wick (1948; 1950), Clare St. Donat (1950) and Caroline Cory (1956). In 1926, in addition to her study ""The Work and Life of Solon"", Freeman published a collection of short stories ""The Intruder and Other Stories"" and her first novel ""Martin Hanner. A Comedy"". In 1936 she chose the pseudonym Mary Fitt for her mysteries, writing 27 books and a number of short stories, many of which feature detective Inspector (later Superintendent) Mallett."
"Mary Westbrook Van Deusen Mary Westbrook Van Deusen (February 13, 1829 – October 16, 1908), publishing under the name Mary Westbrook, was an American author of prose and verse. She was born Mary Amanda Westbrook in Fishkill, New York, the daughter of Cornelius de Puy Westbrook, a pastor of the Dutch Church in nearby Peekskill, and Sarah (Beekman) Westbrook. In 1865 she married James Lansing Van Deusen of Rondout, New York. She published both prose and poetry, mainly through the Freeman Company, of Kingston, New York. Her 1883 novel ""Rachel Du Mont: A Brave Little Maid of the Revolution"" was"
"Review"" and translated into English influential theological works by Ludwig Feuerbach and Baruch Spinoza. For her first foray into fiction she chose to adopt a nom de plume, 'George Eliot'. Her reasons for so doing are complex. While it was common for women to publish fiction under their own names, 'lady novelists' had a reputation with which Evans did not care to be associated. In 1856 she had published an essay in the ""Westminster Review"" entitled ""Silly Novels by Lady Novelists"", which expounded her feelings on the subject. Moreover, the choice of a religious topic for ""one of the most"
"a lost work which hesitantly started her writing career. Christie later revised this story as ""The House of Dreams"", and it was published in issue 74 of ""The Sovereign Magazine"" in January 1926 and, many years later, in 1997, in book form in ""While the Light Lasts and Other Stories"". Christie also dedicated her debut novel as Mary Westmacott, ""Giant's Bread"" (1930), to her mother who, by that time, had died. ""The Times Literary Supplement"" (3 February 1921) gave the book an enthusiastic, if short, review, which stated: ""The only fault this story has is that it is almost too"
"failure. American actor James Newman is her great-nephew. Elisabeth Beresford Elisabeth ""Liza"" Beresford, MBE (; 6 August 1926 – 24 December 2010) was a British author of children's books, best known for creating The Wombles. Born into a family with many literary connections, she worked as a journalist but struggled for success until she created the Wombles in the late 1960s. The strong theme of recycling was particularly notable, and the Wombles became very popular with children across the world. While Beresford produced many other literary works, the Wombles remained her best-known creation. Beresford was born on 6 August 1926"
"about the burning of Kingston during the American Revolution. It was successful enough to go through three editions in one year. Mary Westbrook Van Deusen Mary Westbrook Van Deusen (February 13, 1829 – October 16, 1908), publishing under the name Mary Westbrook, was an American author of prose and verse. She was born Mary Amanda Westbrook in Fishkill, New York, the daughter of Cornelius de Puy Westbrook, a pastor of the Dutch Church in nearby Peekskill, and Sarah (Beekman) Westbrook. In 1865 she married James Lansing Van Deusen of Rondout, New York. She published both prose and poetry, mainly through"
"gained stardom for playing the leading role in the Broadway musical ""Mame"" (1966), which earned her a range of awards. Amid difficulties in her personal life, Lansbury moved from California to County Cork, Ireland in 1970, and continued with a variety of theatrical and cinematic appearances throughout that decade. These included leading roles in the stage musicals ""Gypsy"", """", and ""The King and I"", as well as in the hit Disney film ""Bedknobs and Broomsticks"" (1971). Moving into television, she achieved worldwide fame as fictional writer and sleuth Jessica Fletcher in the American whodunit series ""Murder, She Wrote"", which ran"
"Valmouth Valmouth is a 1919 novel by British author Ronald Firbank. Valmouth is an imaginary English spa resort that attracts centenarians owing to its famed pure air. The town's name evokes actual seaside towns in the southwest peninsula of Britain, such as Falmouth, Dartmouth, Teignmouth, Exmouth and Weymouth. The novel's plot concerns, among other things, the effects of a black woman and her niece moving into a spa resort inhabited by wealthy centenarians. The ironic novel is about eroticism and exoticism in the milieu of quaint but lewd old British ladies at the fictional spa. The novel is noted for"
"actresses were generally considered demimondaines. Her many lovers and extravagant lifestyle fit the type, though her genuine successes as an artist and innovator eventually gained her a kind of public esteem most demimondaines never achieved. Descriptions of the demimonde can be found in ""Vanity Fair"" (1848), a novel which satirizes nineteenth century society, written by William Makepeace Thackeray. Although it does not mention the terms 'demimonde' and 'demimondaine' (they were coined later), the terms were later used by reviewers and other authors in reference to three characters in it. Lady Crackenbury and Mrs. Washington White are demimonde characters, both of"
"years to wear Hidden from eyesight to the unnoticed end."" Florence Farr Florence Beatrice Emery (""née"") Farr (7 July 1860 – 29 April 1917) was a British West End leading actress, composer and director. She was also a women's rights activist, journalist, educator, singer, novelist, leader of the occult order, The Golden Dawn. She was a friend and collaborator of Nobel laureate William Butler Yeats, poet Ezra Pound, playwright Oscar Wilde, artists Aubrey Beardsley and Pamela Colman Smith, Masonic scholar Arthur Edward Waite, theatrical producer Annie Horniman, and many other literati of London's ""Fin de siècle"" era, and even by"
"Yorkshire, registered as Mrs Teresa Neele (the surname of her husband's lover) from Cape Town. Christie's autobiography makes no reference to her disappearance. Two doctors diagnosed her as suffering from amnesia (see fugue state), yet opinion remains divided as to why she disappeared. Her biographer Laura Thompson suggested that Christie let this out in the six novels that she wrote between 1930 and 1956 under the nom de plume Mary Westmacott, in a style quite different from her regular detective stories. She was known to be in a depressed state from literary overwork, her mother's death earlier that year, and"
"Diary included Peter Fleming, the brother of Ian Fleming and John Betjeman. In 1937 Lady Mary was a contributor to the short lived magazine ""Night and Day"", edited by Graham Greene. Lady Mary wrote two historical biographies, of John Donne and King Edward IV of England. Much earlier (between 1932 and 1937) she also wrote four novels, for which she used the pen-name ""Hans Duffy"". Lady Mary Clive Lady Mary Katherine Clive (née Pakenham 23 August 1907 – 19 March 2010) was a British writer and historian, known for her memoirs of her family and her time as a debutante."
"Richmal Crompton Richmal Crompton Lamburn (15 November 1890 – 11 January 1969) was initially trained as a schoolmistress but later became a popular English writer, best known for her ""Just William"" series of books, humorous short stories, and to a lesser extent adult fiction books. Richmal Crompton Lamburn was born in Bury, Lancashire, the second child of the Rev. Edward John Sewell Lamburn, a Classics master at Bury Grammar School and his wife Clara (née Crompton). Her brother, John Battersby Crompton Lamburn, also became a writer, remembered under the name John Lambourne for his fantasy novel ""The Kingdom That Was"""
"""Bonfires and Broomsticks"" were adapted into the 1971 Disney film ""Bedknobs and Broomsticks"", starring Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson. There have been several screen adaptations of ""The Borrowers"": There have also been numerous theatrical adaptations of ""The Borrowers"". Mary Norton (author) Kathleen Mary Norton (née Pearson, 10 December 1903 – 29 August 1992), known professionally as Mary Norton, was an English author of children's books. She is best known for ""The Borrowers"" series of low fantasy novels (1952 to 1982), which is named after its first book and, in turn, the tiny people who live secretly in the midst of"
"His best known book was ""The English Spy"". Because of his connections to the art world the book was illustrated by top artists of the day: Robert Cruikshank and Thomas Rowlandson. He was also the editor of the journal ""Records of the Fine Arts"". He exhibited at least one work at the Royal Academy, London: a bust of John Philip Kemble (1822). In the 1840s Westmacott moved to Paris, where he died in 1868. A portrait of Westmacott by Daniel Maclise is held by the National Portrait Gallery, London. Charles Molloy Westmacott Charles Molloy Westmacott (c. 1788 - 1868) was"
"Jane Fallon Jane Fallon (born 9 December 1960) is the author of eight top ten best-selling novels, ""Getting Rid of Matthew"" (which reached number 7 in the Nielsen Bookscan Fiction Top 10 in 2007), ""Got You Back"" (number 5 in 2008), ""Foursome"" (number 8 in 2010), ""The Ugly Sister"" (number 2 in 2011), ""Skeletons"" (2014), ""Strictly Between Us"" in 2016, ""My Sweet Revenge"" (2017) and ""Faking Friends"" (2018). She is a former television producer, and her most famous work is on the popular series ""Teachers"", ""20 Things To Do Before You're 30"", ""EastEnders"" and ""This Life"". In 2011, ""Foursome"" was"
"(died 1983). Mary was known as ""Bunty"" in Ward's books. In 1927, the family moved to Innisfree, a Victorian villa at Freshford, Somerset, where she lived for the rest of her life. Writing as Fay Inchfawn, Ward was a prolific author of books of popular verse during the years between the two World Wars. Her works were serialised in women's magazines and she was sometimes known as ""The Poet Laureate of the Home"". She also wrote books for children, including with her husband under the pseudonym Philip Inchfawn, and numerous religious works. Her ""Salute to the village"" (Lutterworth, 1943) was"