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Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876 – September 22, 1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie. Rinehart published her first mystery novel The Circular Staircase in 1908, which introduced the " had I but known " narrative style.
Mary Roberts Rinehart is an American mystery and thriller author popularly known as the source of ‘The butler did it’ phrase. She has written numerous short stories, articles, and poems, and most of her books have been adapted into movies, for instance, The Bat novel.
Mary Roberts Rinehart (born Aug. 12, 1876, Allegheny [now in Pittsburgh], Pa., U.S.—died Sept. 22, 1958, New York, N.Y.) was an American novelist and playwright best known for her mystery stories. Mary Roberts graduated from the Pittsburgh Training School for Nurses in 1896.
Mary Roberts Rinehart has 598 books on Goodreads with 65760 ratings. Mary Roberts Rinehart’s most popular book is The Circular Staircase.
Mysteries of known American writer Mary Roberts Rinehart include The Circular Staircase (1908) and The Door (1930). People often called this prolific author often the American version of Agatha Christie.
American novelist and war correspondent. Born Mary Roberts on August 12, 1876, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; died on September 22, 1958, in Brooklyn, New York; daughter of Thomas Beveridge Roberts (a sewing machine salesman) and Cornelia (Grilleland) Roberts; graduated from Pittsburgh Training School for Nurses, 1896; married Stanley M. Rinehart ...
May 12, 2021 · The Enduring Mystery of Mary Roberts Rinehart, America's Answer to Agatha Christie. She was the bestselling author of the Golden Age of mystery fiction in the US. Is a new generation poised to discover her work? May 12, 2021 By Otto Penzler. VIA AMERICAN MYSTERY CLASSICS.
Jun 7, 2017 · One of the first women to excel in the genre was Mary Roberts Rinehart, who was also a personal friend of the Hoovers. Among her many celebrity fans were President Woodrow Wilson and Gertrude Stein. Long before Agatha Christie, P.D. James, and Patricia Cornwell, Rinehart was America’s premier female writer of the “who done it.”
Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876 – September 22, 1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie. Rinehart published her first mystery novel The Circular Staircase in 1908, which introduced the "had I but known" narrative style.
Mary Roberts Rinehart began her career in 1903, publishing short stories in magazines like All-Story and Munsey's. In three or four weeks in 1905, Rinehart wrote The Man in Lower 10 for serialization in All-Story, and she followed it the next year with The Circular Staircase.
