Barbara Elizabeth Linington
Born: March 11, 1921 in Aurora, Illinois
Died: April 5, 1988 in Arroyo Grande, California - San Luis Obispo County Pen Name: Elizabeth Linington, Lesley Egan, Anne Blaisdell, Dell Shannon, Egan O`Neill, W.H. Allen, Ann Blaisdell Connection to Illinois: Linington was born in Aurora. Biography: Barbara Elizabeth Linington was a prolific American novelist. She was regarded as the 'Queen of the Procedurals.' She wrote under several pen names, most notably - Elizabeth Linington, Dell Shannon and Lesley Egan.
Awards:
- """Nightmare"""
- -- Runner-up for best mystery novel, Mystery Writers of America """Knave of Hearts"""
- -- Runner-up for best mystery novel, Mystery Writers of America
Selected Titles
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Strange felony / ISBN: 0385232659 OCLC: 12556856 Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y. : 1986. While his wife is on maternity leave, Sergeant Ivor Maddox of the Los Angeles Police Department has his hands full with an amorous burglar, street gangs, and a school principal charged with child molestation--not to mention a missing girl and a decapitated woman. |
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The blind search / ISBN: 0385123566 OCLC: 2644169 Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y. : 1977. |
| The brave and the lonely / ISBN: 1555473083 OCLC: 31279495 River Pub., New York : 1982. |