Elizabeth Linington
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- The pen name Dell Shannon links here. For the American rock and roll musician, see Del Shannon.
| Elizabeth Linington | |
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| Born | March 11, 1921 |
| Died | April 5, 1988 (aged Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "{") |
Barbara "Elizabeth" Linington (March 11, 1921 - April 05, 1988) was a prolific American novelist. She was awarded runner-up scrolls for best mystery novel from the Mystery Writers of America for her 1961 tome, Nightmare, and her 1962 entry in her Luis Mendoza series, Knave of Hearts. Regarded as the "Queen of the Procedurals," she was one of the first women to write police procedurals — a male-dominated genre of police-story writing.
During much of her literary career she was represented by the literary agent Barthold Fles.
Shannon was born in Aurora, Kane, Illinois; and died on April 05, 1988 in Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California.
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[edit] Bibliography
Linington wrote under several monikers, including: Anne Blaisdell, Lesley Egan, Egan O'Neill, and Dell Shannon. Books she authored include:
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- The Proud Man (1955)
- The Long Watch (1956)
- Greenmask! (1964)
- No Evil Angel (1964)
- Date with Death (1966)
- Something Wrong (1967)
- Policeman's Lot (1968)
- Practice to Deceive (1971)
- Crime by Chance (1973)
- Perchance of Death (1977)
- No Villain Need Be (1979)
- Consequence of Crime (1980)
- Skeletons in the Closet (1982)
- Felony Report (1984)
- Strange Felony (1986)
- Alter Ego (1988)
[edit] Moniker employed: Anne Blaisdell
- Nightmare (1961)
[edit] Moniker employed: Lesley Egan
- The Borrowed Alibi (1961)
- A Case for Appeal (1962)
- Against the Evidence (1962)
- Run to Evil (1963)
- My Name Is Death (1964)
- Detective's Due (1965)
- Some Avenger, Rise! (1966)
- The Nameless Ones (1967)
- A Serious Investigation (1968)
- The Wine of Violence (1969)
- In the Death of a Man (1970)
- Malicious Mischief (1971)
- Paper Chase (1972)
- Scenes of Crime (1976)
- The Blind Search (1977)
- Look Back on Death (1978)
- A Dream Apart (1978)
- The Hunters and the Hunted (1979)
- Motive in Shadow (1980)
- A Choice of Crimes (1980)
- The Miser (1981)
- Random Death (1982)
- Little Boy Lost (1983)
- Crime for Christmas (1984)
- Chain of Violence (1985)
- The Wine of Life (1985)
[edit] Moniker employed: Egan O'Neill
- The Anglophile (1957)
[edit] Moniker employed: Dell Shannon
- Case Pending (1960)
- The Ace of Spades (1961)
- Extra Kill (1962)
- Knave of Hearts (1962)
- Death of a Busybody (1963)
- Double Bluff (1963)
- Mark of Murder (1964)
- Root of All Evil (1964)
- The Death-Bringers (1965)
- Death by Inches (1965)
- Coffin Corner (1966)
- With a Vengeance (1966)
- Chance to Kill (1967)
- Rain with Violence (1967)
- Kill with Kindness (1968)
- Crime on Their Hands (1969)
- Schooled to Kill (1969)
- Unexpected Death (1970)
- Whim to Kill (1971)
- The Ringer (1971)
- Murder with Love (1972)
- With Intent to Kill (1972)
- No Holiday for Crime (1973)
- Spring of Violence (1973)
- Crime File (1974)
- Deuces Wild (1975)
- Streets of Death (1976)
- Appearances of Death (1977)
- Cold Trail (1978)
- Felony at Random (1979)
- Felony File (1980)
- Murder Most Strange (1981)
- The Motive on Record (1982)
- Exploit of Death (1983)
- Destiny of Death (1984)
- Chaos of Crime (1985)
- Blood Count (1986)
- Murder by the Tale (short stories) (1987)
- The Manson Curse 1990
[edit] Trivia
Other subjects of interest to Linington include archaeology, the occult, gemstones, antique weapons and languages.
