Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, who also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, (born February 17, 1930), is a British best-selling mystery and psychological crime writer, often called the Queen of Crime. Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in decreasing order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Sherlock Holmes, pipe-puffing hero of crime fiction, confers with his colleague Dr. Watson; together these characters popularized the genre. ...

Born in London, the daughter of teachers, Ruth (Barbara), née Grasemann, worked as a journalist for Essex newspapers. She was fired after writing an article on the local Tennis Club's annual dinner, which she had actually not attended, thereby missing the untimely death of the after-dinner speaker mid-speech! She wrote two unpublished novels before From Doon With Death, the first mystery to feature her enduring and popular detective Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford, which was bought by publisher John Long for £75 and published in 1964. Wexford's latest case is End in Tears (2005). The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the county of Essex in England. ... From Doon With Death, the debut novel by British crime-writer Ruth Rendell, was published in 1964 and introduced her popular recurring character Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford. ... Chief Inspector Reginald Reg Wexford is the popular fictional character created by novelist Ruth Rendell, and is protagonist of 20 of her bestselling novels. ... John Long may refer to: John Francis Long, an American political figure John Davis Long, an American political figure John Long (basketball player), a former NBA player John Long, author of Puttin On The Hits, an ebook on Top 40 radio in the 60s & 70s @ www. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Parallel to her Wexford procedurals are Rendell's psychological crime novels wherein she explores themes such as sexual obsession, the effects of misperceived communication, chance and the humanness of criminals, in books such as Judgment in Stone, Live Flesh, Talking to Strange Men, The Killing Doll, Going Wrong, and Adam and Eve and Pinch Me. Live Flesh, is a psychological thriller by British author Ruth Rendell. ... Adam and Eve and Pinch Me is a 2001 novel by British writer Ruth Rendell. ...

Rendell created a third strand of writing with the publication of A Dark Adapted Eye under her pseudonym Barbara Vine in 1986 (the name derives from her own middle name and her grandmother's maiden name). Books such as King Solomon's Carpet, A Fatal Inversion and Anna's Book (original UK title Asta's Book) inhabit the same territory as her psychological crime novels while they further develop themes of family misunderstandings and the side effects of secrets kept and crimes done. Rendell is famous for her elegant prose and sharp insights into the human mind, as well as her ability to create cogent plots and characters. Rendell has also injected the social changes of the last 40 years into her work, bringing awareness to such issues as domestic violence and the change in the status of women. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... King Solomons Carpet (1991) is a novel by Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell) about the London Underground and the people frequenting it. ... // Plot in literature, theater, movies According to Aristotles Poetics, a plot in literature is the arrangement of incidents that (ideally) each follow plausibly from the other. ... Domestic violence, broadly defined, is violence within a home. ...

Many credit her and P.D. James for upgrading the entire genre of 'whodunnit', shaping it more into a whydunnit. Several of her works have been adapted for film and television, including The Tree of Hands and the Pedro Almodovar film Live Flesh. The Inspector Wexford series has been sucessfully televised, starring acclaimed British actor George Baker as Inspector Wexford and Christopher Ravenscroft as Detective Mike Burden. Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park (born 3 August 1920 in Oxford) is a British writer of crime fiction and member of the House of Lords. ... A whodunit or whodunnit (for Who done it? and sometimes referred to as a Golden Age Mystery novel) is a complex, plot-driven variety of the detective story in which the puzzle is paramount. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... Pedro Almodóvar (born September 24, 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. ... There have been a number of people named George Baker: George Pierce Baker - US drama professor George Fisher Baker - US philanthropist George Baker (politician) - a Canadian Senator George Baker (cartoonist) - Sad Sack comic strip George Baker (actor) - a British actor George Baker (Dutch singer and songwriter) - Dutch recording artist, best...

She has received many awards for her writing, including the Silver, Gold and Cartier Diamond Daggers from the Crime Writers' Association, 3 Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America, The Arts Council National Book Awards, and the Sunday Times Literary Award. She was made CBE in 1996 and a life peer in 1997. She sits in the House of Lords as a Labour baroness. The Crime Writers Assocation (or CWA) is a UK-based organisation founded by John Creasey in 1953, which has become arguably the most important crime fiction institution in the country. ... The Mystery Writers of America are an organization for mystery writers. ... The Sunday Times is the name of several Sunday newspapers. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in decreasing order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... The Labour Party has been the principal left wing political party of the United Kingdom since the early 20th century (see British politics). ...

Bibliography

Novels

• To Fear a Painted Devil (1965)
• Vanity Dies Hard (1965)
• The Secret House of Death (1968)
• One Across, Two Down (1971)
• The Face of Trespass (1974)
• A Demon in my View (1976)
• A Judgement in Stone (1977)
• Make Death Love Me (1979)
• The Lake of Darkness (1980)
• Master of the Moor (1982)
• The Killing Doll (1984)
• The Tree of Hands (1984)
• Live Flesh (1986)
• Talking to Strange Men (1987)
• The Bridesmaid (1989)
• Going Wrong (1990)
• The Crocodile Bird (1993)
• The Keys to the Street (1996)
• A Sight for Sore Eyes (1998)
• Adam and Eve and Pinch Me (2001)
• The Rottweiler (2003)
• Thirteen Steps Down (2004)

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Inspector Wexford Series

• From Doon With Death (1964)
• Wolf to the Slaughter (1967)
• The Best Man to Die (1969)
• A New Lease of Death (1969)
• A Guilty Thing Surprised (1970)
• No More Dying Then (1971)
• Murder Being Once Done (1972)
• Some Lie and Some Die (1973)
• Shake Hands Forever (1975)
• A Sleeping Life (1979)
• Put on by Cunning (1981)
• The Speaker of Mandarin (1983)
• An Unkindness of Ravens (1985)
• The Veiled One (1988)
• Kissing the Gunner's Daughter (1991)
• Simisola (1994)
• Road Rage (1997)
• Harm Done (1999)
• The Babes in the Wood (2002)
• End in Tears (2005)

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Barbara Vine

• A Dark-adapted Eye (1986)
• A Fatal Inversion (1987)
• The House of Stairs (1988)
• Gallowglass (1990)
• King Solomon's Carpet (1991)
• Asta's Book (1993)
• No Night is Too Long (1994)
• The Brimstone Wedding (1995)
• The Chimney-sweeper's Boy (1998)
• Grasshopper (2000)
• The Blood Doctor (2002)
• The Minotaur (2005)

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Novellas

• Heartstones (1987)
• The Thief (2006) (written as part of the adult literacy Quick Reads series)

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Short story Collections

• The Fallen Curtain (1976)
• Means of Evil (1979) (four Inspector Wexford stories)
• The Fever Tree (1982)
• The New Girlfriend (1985)
• The Copper Peacock (1991)
• Blood Lines (1995)
• Piranha to Scurfy (2000)

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Non-Fiction

• Ruth Rendell's Suffolk (1989)
• Undermining the Central Line (1989)
• The Reason Why: An Anthology of the Murderous Mind (1995)

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Awards and Accolades

• 1975 - Mystery Writers of America Best Short Story Edgar: The Fallen Curtain
• 1976 - Gold Dagger for Fiction: A Demon in my View
• 1979 - Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award (shortlist): A Sleeping Life
• 1980 - Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award (shortlist): Make Death Love Me
• 1981 - Arts Council National Book Award for Genre Fiction: The Lake of Darkness
• 1984 - Silver Dagger for Fiction: The Tree of Hands
• 1984 - Mystery Writers of America Best Short Story Edgar: The New Girlfriend
• 1986 - Gold Dagger for Fiction: Live Flesh
• 1986 - Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award (shortlist): The Tree of Hands
• 1986 - Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award (shortlist): An Unkindness of Ravens
• 1987 - Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award: A Dark-adapted Eye
• 1987 - Gold Dagger for Fiction: A Fatal Inversion
• 1988 - Angel Award for Fiction: The House of Stairs
• 1990 - Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence
• 1991 - Gold Dagger for Fiction: King Solomon's Carpet
• 1991 - Cartier Diamond Dagger for a Lifetime's Achievement in the Field
• 1996 - CBE
• 1997 - Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award
• 2004 - MysteryInk Gumshoe Award for Lifetime Achievement
• 2005 - Dagger of Daggers (best crime novel to have won the Gold Dagger award (shortlist)): A Fatal Inversion

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External link

• 1990 audio interview with Ruth Rendell by Don Swaim of CBS Radio, RealAudio
• Gusworld Ruth Rendell information site with detailed bibliography
• Fatal Inversions detailed Barbara Vine information site with bibliography
• Random House Ruth Rendell page