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Dame Ngaio Marsh , 1899-1982, New Zealand detective story writer. She was an art student, actress, and theatrical producer before her first novel, A Man Lay Dead, was published in 1934. Her many mystery novels, acute in characterization and literate in style, reflect her knowledge of the art studio and the theater. They include Artists in Crime (1938), Died in the Wool (1945), False Scent (1959), Killer Dolphin (1966), Last Ditch (1978), Photo Finish (1980), and her last book, Light Thickens, published posthumously (1982). She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1966.

Bibliography: See her autobiography, Black Beech and Honeydew (1965).

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Marsh, Dame Ngaio Edith (pron. Ny-o) (1899–1982), writer of detective fiction, born at Christchurch, New Zealand. Her hero, Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn, first appears in A Man Lay Dead (1934); other titles include Vintage Murder (1937), Surfeit of Lampreys (1941), Died in the Wool (1945), and Final Curtain (1947).

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