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Christianna Brand

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Christianna Brand (1907–1988) was one of the most popular authors of the Golden Age of British mystery writing. Born in Malaya and raised in India, Brand used her experience as a salesgirl as inspiration for her first novel, Death in High Heels, which she based on a fantasy of murdering an irritating coworker. The same year, she debuted her most famous character, Inspector Cockrill, whose adventures she followed until 1957. The film version of the second Cockrill mystery, Green for Danger, is considered one of the best-ever screen adaptations of a classic English mystery. Brand also found success writing children’s fiction. Her Nurse Matilda series, about a grotesque nanny who tames ill-behaved children, was adapted for the screen in 2005, as Nanny McPhee. Brand received Edgar Award nominations for the short stories “Twist for Twist” and “Poison in the Cup”, as well as one for her nonfiction work Heaven Knows Who. The author of more than two dozen novels, she died in 1988.

Christianna Brand Books

Suddenly at His Residence book cover

Suddenly at His Residence

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Death of Jezebel book cover

Death of Jezebel

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Green for Danger book cover

Green for Danger

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Starrbelow book cover

Starrbelow

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Heaven Knows Who book cover

Heaven Knows Who

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The Rose in Darkness book cover

The Rose in Darkness

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What Dread Hand? book cover

What Dread Hand?

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Heads You Lose book cover

Heads You Lose

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The Brides of Aberdar book cover

The Brides of Aberdar

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Buffet for Unwelcome Guests book cover

Buffet for Unwelcome Guests

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Brand X book cover

Brand X

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The Honey Harlot book cover

The Honey Harlot

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Death in High Heels book cover

Death in High Heels

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Tour de Force book cover

Tour de Force

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The Three-Cornered Halo book cover

The Three-Cornered Halo

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Fog of Doubt book cover

Fog of Doubt

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The Crooked Wreath book cover

The Crooked Wreath

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