Charlotte Armstrong Lewi (b. 1905-05-02 Vulcan, Michigan, d. 1969-07-18 Glendale, California) was an American author. Under the names Charlotte Armstrong and Jo Valentine she wrote over 28 novels, as well as working for the New York Times advertising department, as a fashion reporter for Breath of the Avenue (a buyer's guide), and in an accounting firm. ^[1] 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... Norway Township is a township located in Dickinson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... Nickname The Jewel City Location Location of Glendale within Los Angeles County and the State of California. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe; title page of 1719 newspaper edition A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...

Armstrong Lewi attended the University of Wisconsin and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College in 1925. ^[2] She had a daughter and two sons with her husband, Jack Lewi. The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Barnard College, founded in 1889, is an independent college of liberal arts and sciences as well as a Womens college, located in the borough of Manhattan, in New York, New York, United States. ...

In 1957, she received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for her novel A Dram of Poison. She had two other Edgar-nominated mysteries, both in 1967: The Gift Shop, and Lemon in the Basket. The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. ... The Mystery Writers of America are an organization for mystery writers. ...

Publications

• Unsuspected, 1946 (ISBN 11224-2233-4) ^[3]
• The Chocolate Cobweb, 1948
• Mischief, 1951
• The Black-Eyed Stranger, 1952
• Catch as Catch Can, 1953 (a.k.a. Walk Out on Death)
• The Better to Eat You, 1954 (a.k.a. Murder's Nest)
• The Dream Walker, 1955 (ISBN 11273-2660-0, a.k.a. Alibi for Murder)
• Dram of Poison, 1956 (ISBN 11170-7473-0)
• The Seventeen Widows of San Souci, 1959
• Something Blue, 1959
• Then Came Two Women, 1962
• The One-Faced Girl, 1963
• The Mark of the Hand, 1963
• Who's Been Sitting in My Chair?, 1963
• A Little Less Than Kind, 1964
• Witch's House, 1964
• Turret Room, 1965
• Dream of Fair Woman, 1966
• I See You, 1966
• Gift Shop, 1967
• Balloon Man, 1968 (ISBN 11224-2235-0)
• Lemon in the Basket, 1968
• Seven Seats to the Moon, 1969
• The Protege, 1970

Films

The following films were adapted from Armstrong Lewi's novels.

• Merci pour le Chocolat, 2000 (from the novel The Chocolate Cobweb)
• The Sitter, 1991 (from the novel Mischief)
• La Rupture, 1970 (from the novel The Balloon Man)
• Don't Bother to Knock, 1952 (from the novel Mischief)
• The Three Weird Sisters, 1948 (from the novel The Case of the Weird Sisters)
• The Unsuspected, 1947

Headline text Dont Bother To KnockGenre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller (more) Tagline: You never met her type before. ... The Unsuspected is a 1947 film starring Claude Rains. ...

Footnotes

1. ↑  Detective Fiction
2. ↑  Swartley, Ariel (Apr. 30, 1999) "Guns and Roses: The Women of Noir". LAWeekly.
3. ↑  Fantastic Fiction

External links

• Charlotte Armstrong at the Internet Movie Database
• List of Charlotte Armstrong stories