Ruth Rendell
January 19, 2009 5:33 pm AuthorsRuth Barbara Rendell was born on 17 February 1930, she also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, she is an acclaimed English crime writer, known for her many murder mysteries and psychological thrillers.
She was born in South Woodford, London, the daughter of teachers, she was educated at the County High School for Girls in Loughton, Essex after which she worked as a journalist for Essex newspapers. Ruth was fired after she wrote an article on the local Tennis Club’s annual dinner, which she had not really attended.
Ruth also won of the 1990 Sunday Times Literary award, as well as the Crime Writers’ Association Cartier Diamond Dagger. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer.
She has won lots of awards, including the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger for 1976′s best crime novel with A Demon in My View; a second Edgar in 1984 from the Mystery Writers of America for the best short story, The New Girl Friend; a Gold Dagger award for Live Flesh in 1986.
Ruth’s books are loved worldwide and have been translated into twenty-two languages; they are also published to great acclaim in the United States.
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