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Dorothy Salisbury Davis
AuthorBio
Dorothy Salisbury Davis is a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, and a recipient of lifetime achievement awards from Bouchercon and Malice Domestic. The author of seventeen crime novels, including the Mrs. Norris Mysteries and the Julie Hayes Mysteries; three historical novels; and numerous short stories; she has served as president of the Mystery Writers of America and is a founder of Sisters in Crime.Born in Chicago in 1916, she grew up on farms in Wisconsin and Illinois and graduated from college into the Great Depression. She found employment as a magic-show promoter, which took her to small towns all over the country, and subsequently worked on the WPA Writers Project in advertising and industrial relations. During World War II, she directed the benefits program of a major meatpacking company for its more than eighty thousand employees in military service. She was married for forty-seven years to the late Harry Davis, an actor, with whom she traveled abroad extensively. She currently lives in Palisades, New York.
Dorothy Salisbury Davis Books
A Gentle Murderer
Dorothy Salisbury DavisMistletoe Mysteries
Charlotte MacLeodLullaby of Murder
Dorothy Salisbury DavisThe Clay Hand
Dorothy Salisbury DavisGod Speed the Night
Dorothy Salisbury DavisThe Evening of the Good Samaritan
Dorothy Salisbury DavisThe Habit of Fear
Dorothy Salisbury DavisShock Wave
Dorothy Salisbury DavisThe Little Brothers
Dorothy Salisbury DavisBlack Sheep, White Lamb
Dorothy Salisbury DavisThe Judas Cat
Dorothy Salisbury DavisThe Pale Betrayer
Dorothy Salisbury DavisMen of No Property
Dorothy Salisbury DavisScarlet Night
Dorothy Salisbury DavisA Gentleman Called
Dorothy Salisbury DavisTales for a Stormy Night
Dorothy Salisbury DavisIn the Still of the Night
Dorothy Salisbury DavisDeath of an Old Sinner
Dorothy Salisbury DavisOld Sinners Never Die
Dorothy Salisbury DavisA Gentle Murderer
Dorothy Salisbury Davis