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Josephine Tey
AuthorBooks · Second hand1896-1952
Elizabeth MacKintosh, known by the pen name Josephine Tey, was a Scottish author. She is known for her Inspector Alan Grant series, which started with The Man in the Queue (1929). Her 1951 novel The Daughter of Time, from the same series, a detective work investigating the death of the Princes in the Tower, was chosen by the Crime Writers' Association in 1990 as the greatest crime novel of all time. Her first play Richard of Bordeaux, written under another pseudonym, Gordon Daviot, starred John Gielgud in its successful West End run.
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Birth
1896
Death
1952
First book
1948
Years writing
78
Josephine Tey is the literary pseudonym of the British writer born in Inverness, who also published works under the name Gordon Daviot.
Her career as a novelist took off after the success of her first book, The Man in the Queue, which introduced the iconic Inspector Grant of Scotland Yard.
While world-renowned for her detective fiction, she also excelled as a playwright, screenwriter, and biographer throughout her prolific career.
Her masterpiece, The Daughter of Time, is considered an absolute benchmark within the crime and mystery genre.
Following her death in 1952, the author bequeathed her entire estate to the National Trust, leaving behind a literary legacy of thirty published works.