Obituary: Penny Wallace

The Independent - London | February 11, 1997| | Copyright

Penny Wallace was the formidable daughter of a formidable father, the phenomenally prolific and popular thriller writer Edgar Wallace, who in his heyday (the inter-war years) was the author of one in every four books bought in the United Kingdom. When he died, in 1932, the nation mourned. Much of Penny Wallace's later life was dedicated to keeping his name alive in the memories of older readers, in the Edgar Wallace Society (launched in 1968), and introducing new generations to his riveting and often torrentially paced thrillers. In this she was remarkably successful.

Born in 1923, she was ...

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