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Ruth Rendell

January 07, 2023

Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE (née Grasemann; 17 February 1930 – 2 May 2015) was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries.[1]

The Right Honourable

The Baroness Rendell of Babergh

CBE
Ruth Rendell in 1985
BornRuth Barbara Grasemann
(1930-02-17)17 February 1930
South Woodford, Essex, England
Died2 May 2015(2015-05-02) (aged 85)
London, England
Pen nameBarbara Vine
OccupationNovelist
Genre

Rendell is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford.[2] A second string of works was a series of unrelated crime novels that explored the psychological background of criminals and their victims. This theme was developed further in a third series of novels, published under the pseudonym Barbara Vine.

Life

Rendell was born as Ruth Barbara Grasemann in 1930, in South Woodford, Essex (now Greater London).[3] Her parents were teachers. Her mother, Ebba Kruse, was born in Sweden to Danish parents and brought up in Denmark; her father, Arthur Grasemann, was English. As a result of spending Christmas and other holidays in Scandinavia, Rendell learned Swedish and Danish.[4] Rendell was educated at the County High School for Girls in Loughton, Essex,[3] the town to which the family moved during her childhood.

After high school, she became a feature writer for her local Essex paper, the Chigwell Times. However, she was forced to resign after filing a story about a local sports club dinner she hadn't attended and failing to report that the after-dinner speaker had died midway through the speech.[5]

Rendell met her husband Don Rendell when she was working as a newswriter.[3] They married when she was 20, and in 1953 had a son, Simon,[6] now a psychiatric social worker who lives in the U.S. state of Colorado. The couple divorced in 1975 but remarried two years later.[7] Don Rendell died in 1999 from prostate cancer.[6]

She made the county of Suffolk her home for many years, using the settings in several of her novels. She lived in the villages of Polstead and later Groton, both east of Sudbury. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1996 Birthday Honours[8] and a life peer as Baroness Rendell of Babergh, of Aldeburgh in the County of Suffolk, on 24 October 1997.[9] She sat in the House of Lords for the Labour Party. In 1998 Rendell was named on a list of the party's biggest private financial donors.[10] She introduced into the Lords the bill that would later become the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (the intent was to prevent the practice).

In August 2014, Rendell was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue.[11]

Awards

Baroness Rendell's awards include the Silver, Gold, and Cartier Diamond Daggers from the Crime Writers' Association, three Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America, The Arts Council National Book Awards, and The Sunday Times Literary Award.[2] A number of her works (see the section below) have been adapted for film or television.[12][13] She was also a patron of the charity Kids for Kids[14] which helps children in rural areas of Darfur. There is a blue plaque on one of her homes, 45 Millsmead Way, in Loughton. This was unveiled by her son Simon on 24 February 2016.[15] Four of her novels appear on the British-based Crime Writers Association Poll (1990) of the best crime fiction novels ever written: two under the Rendell name and two under her pen name of Barbara Vine.[citation needed]

Death

Rendell had a stroke on 7 January 2015[16] and died on 2 May 2015.[17]

Legacy

The Ruth Rendell award was introduced in 2016 by the National Literacy Trust. It is awarded to authors for their work in inspiring children and improving their literacy.[18]

Developing the thriller genre

Rendell wrote two unpublished novels before the 1964 publication of From Doon with Death, which was purchased for £75 by John Long; it was the first mystery to feature Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford. Rendell said that the character of Wexford was based on herself.[19] The Monster in the Box, released in October 2009, was widely suggested to be Wexford's last case.[20] This was incorrect; however it was the final novel featuring Wexford as an employed policeman. In the two following novels, The Vault and No Man's Nightingale, he was retired but was still involved in police investigations as a "consultant".[21]

In Introducing Chief Inspector Wexford by Daniel Mallory he says (based on a 1990 interview with Rendell by Marilyn Stasio) that Rendell refers to the hated Agatha (Christie) and that awful Marple woman; and says of St. Mary Mead that she can hardly bear to say the name of that village where one finds a lot of normal, law-abiding people living ordinary, blameless lives, who suddenly decide to murder their aunt. Well, I don’t believe that.[22] (Introducing Chief Inspector Wexford by Daniel Mallory; from 1990 Rendell interview with Marilyn Stasio)

In addition to these police procedurals starring Wexford, Rendell wrote psychological crime novels exploring such themes as romantic obsession, misperceived communication, the impact of chance and coincidence, and the humanity of the criminals involved. Among such books are A Judgement in Stone, The Face of Trespass, Live Flesh, Talking to Strange Men, The Killing Doll, Going Wrong and Adam and Eve and Pinch Me. For the last novel published in her lifetime, The Girl Next Door, she returned to the Loughton of her childhood, with an implied comparison of the moral climate of wartime England and 2014.

Rendell created a third strand of writing with the publication in 1986 of A Dark-Adapted Eye under her pseudonym Barbara Vine (the name was derived from her own middle name and her great grandmother's maiden name).[4] King Solomon's Carpet, A Fatal Inversion and Asta's Book (alternative U.S. title, Anna's Book), among others, inhabited the same territory as her psychological crime novels while further developing themes of human misunderstandings and the unintended consequences of family secrets and hidden crimes. The author was noted for her elegant prose and sharp insights into the human mind, as well as her cogent plots and characters. Rendell injected the social changes of the last 40 years into her work, bringing awareness to such issues as domestic violence.[23]

Adaptations of her works

The Inspector Wexford series was successfully televised, starring George Baker as Inspector Wexford and Christopher Ravenscroft as Detective Mike Burden, under the title The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, with 48 episodes from 1987 to 2000. Rendell praised Baker's performance, stating "It was a marvellous achievement as an actor to make him more and better than the author intended."[19] Many of her other works have been adapted for film and television. She said that Chabrol's 1995 version of A Judgement in Stone, La Cérémonie with Sandrine Bonnaire, was one of the few film adaptations of her work that she was happy with. The novel was also filmed in 1986 with Rita Tushingham.[24] Chabrol made La Demoiselle d'honneur in 2004, based on The Bridesmaid.

Other adaptations are Diary of the Dead (1976), from the book One Across, Two Down; the 1997 Pedro Almodóvar film Live Flesh;[25] The Tree of Hands, directed by Giles Foster for Granada with Lauren Bacall (U.S. title: "Innocent Victim"); and another version of The Tree of Hands, Betty Fisher et autres histoires (2001, a.k.a. Alias Betty), with screenplay and direction by Claude Miller. Francois Ozon's 2015 film The New Girlfriend was based on Rendell's short story of the same name.[26] Two episodes of Tales of the Unexpected were based on Rendell's short stories - "A Glowing Future" (series 4, episode 15) and "People Don't Do Such Things" (series 8, episode 1).

Awards and honours

Coat of arms of Ruth Rendell
 
Escutcheon
Gules three interlaced chevronels argent each ensigned by a brimstone butterfly displayed proper.
Supporters
On either side a bear statant erect proper gorged with a plain collar gobony gules and or fimbriated gules.
Motto
Vixi Scripsi [28]
Orders
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Bibliography

Inspector Wexford series

  1. From Doon with Death (1964) ISBN 978-0099588542
  2. A New Lease of Death (1967) (American title: The Sins of the Fathers) ISBN 978-0099534792
  3. Wolf to the Slaughter (1967) ISBN 978-0099534822
  4. The Best Man to Die (1969) ISBN 978-0375704895
  5. A Guilty Thing Surprised (1970) ISBN 978-0099534846
  6. No More Dying Then (1971) ISBN 978-0375704895
  7. Murder Being Once Done (1972)
  8. Some Lie and Some Die (1973)
  9. Shake Hands Forever (1975)
  10. A Sleeping Life (1979)
  11. Put on by Cunning (1981) (American title: Death Notes)
  12. The Speaker of Mandarin (1983)
  13. An Unkindness of Ravens (1985)
  14. The Veiled One (1988)
  15. Kissing the Gunner's Daughter (1991)
  16. Simisola (1994)
  17. Road Rage (1997)
  18. Harm Done (1999) ISBN 978-0099281344
  19. The Babes in the Wood (2002)
  20. End in Tears (2005)
  21. Not in the Flesh (2007)
  22. The Monster in the Box (2009)
  23. The Vault (2011)
  24. No Man's Nightingale (2013)

Standalone novels

Novellas

  • Thornapple (1982).[29] Collected in The Fever Tree.
  • Heartstones (1987). Uncollected.
  • The Strawberry Tree (1995). Collected in Blood Lines.
  • The Thief (2006). Collected in A Spot of Folly.

Written as Barbara Vine

Short story collections

Uncollected short stories

  • "The Martyr", included in Midsummer Nights (Ed Jeanette Winterson), Quercus, 2009
  • "Paradise", in The Strand Magazine #11, 2003

Uncollected round-robin short stories to which Rendell was a contributor

Non-fiction

Children's Books

  • Archie & Archie (2013)

References

  1. ^ Alison Flood (1 March 2013). "Ruth Rendell: a life in writing". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Sixth edition. Ed. by Margaret Drabble. Oxford University Press, 2000, p. 847. ISBN 0-19-866244-0.
  3. ^ a b c "Ruth Rendell, crime writer - obituary". 2 May 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  4. ^ a b LibBrooks (3 August 2002). "The Profile: Ruth Rendell". The Guardian.
  5. ^ "Author Ruth Rendell dies aged 85". BBC.
  6. ^ a b "Open and shut case: Is Ruth Rendell finally ready to open up about her puzzling personal life?". The Independent. 10 March 2013.
  7. ^ Brooks, Libby (3 August 2002). "Ruth Rendell, Dark Lady of Whodunnits". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  8. ^ "No. 54427". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1996. p. 9.
  9. ^ "No. 54933". The London Gazette. 29 October 1997. p. 12149.
  10. ^ "'Luvvies' for Labour". BBC News. 30 August 1998.
  11. ^ "Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories". The Guardian. London. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  12. ^ Ruth Rendell (1930–2015). IMDb
  13. ^ The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Literature. Helicon Publishing, 2006.
  14. ^ . kidsforkids.org.uk. 6 May 2015. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  15. ^ "Blue plaque unveiled for renowned and much-loved author Ruth Rendell". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  16. ^ "Ruth Rendell in critical condition after stroke". BBC News. 7 January 2015.
  17. ^ "Author Ruth Rendell dies aged 85". BBC News. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  18. ^ "Nominations for the annual Ruth Rendell Award are now open". Educate magazine. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  19. ^ a b "Wexford is me, Ruth Rendell confesses". BBC News. 10 October 2011.
  20. ^ Walker, Tim (4 May 2009). "Ruth Rendell closes the book on Wexford but new drama beckons". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
  21. ^ Alison Flood. "Ruth Rendell: a life in writing | Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  22. ^ Rendell, Ruth (2007) [1964]. From Doon with Death (2 ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-345-49845-8.
  23. ^ Vanessa Thorpe (17 August 2013). "Ruth Rendell: 'Withholding information from the reader should be part of any story'". The Guardian.
  24. ^ anxietyresister (24 April 1987). "A Judgment in Stone (1986)". IMDb.
  25. ^ "Ruth Rendell returns to ITV after 12 years with a dark thriller". Telegraph.co.uk. 6 August 2012.
  26. ^ "The New Girlfriend review – bold adaptation of a Ruth Rendell short story". TheGuardian.com. 21 May 2015.
  27. ^ "Novels up for 'lost' Booker Prize". BBC News. 1 February 2010.
  28. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2000.
  29. ^ Published in Academy Mystery Novellas, Volume 5: Women Write Murder, Martin H. Greenberg and Edward D. Hoch, editors. 1987

Further reading

A critical essay on Rendell's crime novels appears in S. T. Joshi's book Varieties of Crime Fiction (Wildside Press, 2019) ISBN 978-1-4794-4546-2.

External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ruth Rendell.
  • Baroness Ruth Rendell at British Council: Literature
  • Gusworld Ruth Rendell information site with detailed bibliography
  • Ruth Rendell at Random House Australia
  • Fatal Inversions detailed Barbara Vine information site with bibliography
  • Ruth Rendell at IMDb
  • Baroness Rendell of Babergh at TheyWorkForYou.com
  • on The Interview Online talking about Sherlock Holmes
  • Portraits of Ruth Rendell at the National Portrait Gallery, London  
  • Works by Ruth Rendell at Open Library  

January 07, 2023
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Ruth Barbara Rendell Baroness Rendell of Babergh CBE nee Grasemann 17 February 1930 2 May 2015 was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries 1 The Right HonourableThe Baroness Rendell of BaberghCBERuth Rendell in 1985BornRuth Barbara Grasemann 1930 02 17 17 February 1930South Woodford Essex EnglandDied2 May 2015 2015 05 02 aged 85 London EnglandPen nameBarbara VineOccupationNovelistGenrePsychological thriller murder mysteryRendell is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford 2 A second string of works was a series of unrelated crime novels that explored the psychological background of criminals and their victims This theme was developed further in a third series of novels published under the pseudonym Barbara Vine Contents 1 Life 2 Awards 3 Death 3 1 Legacy 4 Developing the thriller genre 5 Adaptations of her works 6 Awards and honours 7 Bibliography 7 1 Inspector Wexford series 7 2 Standalone novels 7 3 Novellas 7 4 Written as Barbara Vine 7 5 Short story collections 7 6 Uncollected short stories 7 7 Uncollected round robin short stories to which Rendell was a contributor 7 8 Non fiction 7 9 Children s Books 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External linksLife EditRendell was born as Ruth Barbara Grasemann in 1930 in South Woodford Essex now Greater London 3 Her parents were teachers Her mother Ebba Kruse was born in Sweden to Danish parents and brought up in Denmark her father Arthur Grasemann was English As a result of spending Christmas and other holidays in Scandinavia Rendell learned Swedish and Danish 4 Rendell was educated at the County High School for Girls in Loughton Essex 3 the town to which the family moved during her childhood After high school she became a feature writer for her local Essex paper the Chigwell Times However she was forced to resign after filing a story about a local sports club dinner she hadn t attended and failing to report that the after dinner speaker had died midway through the speech 5 Rendell met her husband Don Rendell when she was working as a newswriter 3 They married when she was 20 and in 1953 had a son Simon 6 now a psychiatric social worker who lives in the U S state of Colorado The couple divorced in 1975 but remarried two years later 7 Don Rendell died in 1999 from prostate cancer 6 She made the county of Suffolk her home for many years using the settings in several of her novels She lived in the villages of Polstead and later Groton both east of Sudbury She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE in the 1996 Birthday Honours 8 and a life peer as Baroness Rendell of Babergh of Aldeburgh in the County of Suffolk on 24 October 1997 9 She sat in the House of Lords for the Labour Party In 1998 Rendell was named on a list of the party s biggest private financial donors 10 She introduced into the Lords the bill that would later become the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 the intent was to prevent the practice In August 2014 Rendell was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September s referendum on that issue 11 Awards EditBaroness Rendell s awards include the Silver Gold and Cartier Diamond Daggers from the Crime Writers Association three Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America The Arts Council National Book Awards and The Sunday Times Literary Award 2 A number of her works see the section below have been adapted for film or television 12 13 She was also a patron of the charity Kids for Kids 14 which helps children in rural areas of Darfur There is a blue plaque on one of her homes 45 Millsmead Way in Loughton This was unveiled by her son Simon on 24 February 2016 15 Four of her novels appear on the British based Crime Writers Association Poll 1990 of the best crime fiction novels ever written two under the Rendell name and two under her pen name of Barbara Vine citation needed Death EditRendell had a stroke on 7 January 2015 16 and died on 2 May 2015 17 Legacy Edit The Ruth Rendell award was introduced in 2016 by the National Literacy Trust It is awarded to authors for their work in inspiring children and improving their literacy 18 Developing the thriller genre EditRendell wrote two unpublished novels before the 1964 publication of From Doon with Death which was purchased for 75 by John Long it was the first mystery to feature Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford Rendell said that the character of Wexford was based on herself 19 The Monster in the Box released in October 2009 was widely suggested to be Wexford s last case 20 This was incorrect however it was the final novel featuring Wexford as an employed policeman In the two following novels The Vault and No Man s Nightingale he was retired but was still involved in police investigations as a consultant 21 In Introducing Chief Inspector Wexford by Daniel Mallory he says based on a 1990 interview with Rendell by Marilyn Stasio that Rendell refers to the hated Agatha Christie and that awful Marple woman and says of St Mary Mead that she can hardly bear to say the name of that village where one finds a lot of normal law abiding people living ordinary blameless lives who suddenly decide to murder their aunt Well I don t believe that 22 Introducing Chief Inspector Wexford by Daniel Mallory from 1990 Rendell interview with Marilyn Stasio In addition to these police procedurals starring Wexford Rendell wrote psychological crime novels exploring such themes as romantic obsession misperceived communication the impact of chance and coincidence and the humanity of the criminals involved Among such books are A Judgement in Stone The Face of Trespass Live Flesh Talking to Strange Men The Killing Doll Going Wrong and Adam and Eve and Pinch Me For the last novel published in her lifetime The Girl Next Door she returned to the Loughton of her childhood with an implied comparison of the moral climate of wartime England and 2014 Rendell created a third strand of writing with the publication in 1986 of A Dark Adapted Eye under her pseudonym Barbara Vine the name was derived from her own middle name and her great grandmother s maiden name 4 King Solomon s Carpet A Fatal Inversion and Asta s Book alternative U S title Anna s Book among others inhabited the same territory as her psychological crime novels while further developing themes of human misunderstandings and the unintended consequences of family secrets and hidden crimes The author was noted for her elegant prose and sharp insights into the human mind as well as her cogent plots and characters Rendell injected the social changes of the last 40 years into her work bringing awareness to such issues as domestic violence 23 Adaptations of her works EditThe Inspector Wexford series was successfully televised starring George Baker as Inspector Wexford and Christopher Ravenscroft as Detective Mike Burden under the title The Ruth Rendell Mysteries with 48 episodes from 1987 to 2000 Rendell praised Baker s performance stating It was a marvellous achievement as an actor to make him more and better than the author intended 19 Many of her other works have been adapted for film and television She said that Chabrol s 1995 version of A Judgement in Stone La Ceremonie with Sandrine Bonnaire was one of the few film adaptations of her work that she was happy with The novel was also filmed in 1986 with Rita Tushingham 24 Chabrol made La Demoiselle d honneur in 2004 based on The Bridesmaid Other adaptations are Diary of the Dead 1976 from the book One Across Two Down the 1997 Pedro Almodovar film Live Flesh 25 The Tree of Hands directed by Giles Foster for Granada with Lauren Bacall U S title Innocent Victim and another version of The Tree of Hands Betty Fisher et autres histoires 2001 a k a Alias Betty with screenplay and direction by Claude Miller Francois Ozon s 2015 film The New Girlfriend was based on Rendell s short story of the same name 26 Two episodes of Tales of the Unexpected were based on Rendell s short stories A Glowing Future series 4 episode 15 and People Don t Do Such Things series 8 episode 1 Awards and honours Edit1975 Mystery Writers of America Best Short Story Edgar The Fallen Curtain 1987 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award A Dark Adapted Eye 1987 Gold Dagger for Fiction A Fatal Inversion 1988 Angel Award for Fiction The House of Stairs 1990 Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 1991 Gold Dagger for Fiction King Solomon s Carpet 1991 Cartier Diamond Dagger for a Lifetime s Achievement in the Field 1996 Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE 1997 Life Peer as Baroness Rendell of Babergh 2004 Mystery Ink Gumshoe Award for Lifetime Achievement 2005 CWA Dagger of Daggers best crime novel to have won the Gold Dagger award shortlist A Fatal Inversion 2007 Gumshoe Award for Best European Crime Novel shortlist The Minotaur 2007 Theakston s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award longlist End in Tears 2010 Lost Man Booker Prize longlist 27 A Guilty Thing SurprisedCoat of arms of Ruth Rendell Escutcheon Gules three interlaced chevronels argent each ensigned by a brimstone butterfly displayed proper Supporters On either side a bear statant erect proper gorged with a plain collar gobony gules and or fimbriated gules Motto Vixi Scripsi 28 Orders Commander of the Order of the British EmpireBibliography EditInspector Wexford series Edit From Doon with Death 1964 ISBN 978 0099588542 A New Lease of Death 1967 American title The Sins of the Fathers ISBN 978 0099534792 Wolf to the Slaughter 1967 ISBN 978 0099534822 The Best Man to Die 1969 ISBN 978 0375704895 A Guilty Thing Surprised 1970 ISBN 978 0099534846 No More Dying Then 1971 ISBN 978 0375704895 Murder Being Once Done 1972 Some Lie and Some Die 1973 Shake Hands Forever 1975 A Sleeping Life 1979 Put on by Cunning 1981 American title Death Notes The Speaker of Mandarin 1983 An Unkindness of Ravens 1985 The Veiled One 1988 Kissing the Gunner s Daughter 1991 Simisola 1994 Road Rage 1997 Harm Done 1999 ISBN 978 0099281344 The Babes in the Wood 2002 End in Tears 2005 Not in the Flesh 2007 The Monster in the Box 2009 The Vault 2011 No Man s Nightingale 2013 Standalone novels Edit To Fear a Painted Devil 1965 Vanity Dies Hard 1965 American title In Sickness and in Health The Secret House of Death 1968 One Across Two Down 1971 The Face of Trespass 1974 A Demon in My View 1976 A Judgement in Stone 1977 Make Death Love Me 1979 The Lake of Darkness 1980 Master of the Moor 1982 The Killing Doll 1984 The Tree of Hands 1984 Live Flesh 1986 Talking to Strange Men 1987 The Bridesmaid 1989 Going Wrong 1990 The Crocodile Bird 1993 The Keys to the Street 1996 A Sight for Sore Eyes 1998 Adam and Eve and Pinch Me 2001 The Rottweiler 2003 Thirteen Steps Down 2004 The Water s Lovely 2006 Portobello 2008 Tigerlily s Orchids 2010 The Saint Zita Society 2012 The Girl Next Door 2014 Dark Corners 2015 Novellas Edit Thornapple 1982 29 Collected in The Fever Tree Heartstones 1987 Uncollected The Strawberry Tree 1995 Collected in Blood Lines The Thief 2006 Collected in A Spot of Folly Written as Barbara Vine Edit A Dark Adapted Eye 1986 ISBN 978 0452270640 A Fatal Inversion 1987 The House of Stairs 1988 Gallowglass 1990 King Solomon s Carpet 1991 Asta s Book 1993 American title Anna s Book No Night Is Too Long 1994 The Brimstone Wedding 1995 The Chimney sweeper s Boy 1998 Grasshopper 2000 The Blood Doctor 2002 The Minotaur 2005 The Birthday Present 2008 The Child s Child 2012 Short story collections Edit The Fallen Curtain 1976 Means of Evil and Other Stories 1979 five Inspector Wexford stories The Fever Tree 1982 The New Girlfriend 1985 The Copper Peacock 1991 Blood Lines Long and Short Stories 1995 Piranha to Scurfy 2000 Collected Short Stories Volume 1 2006 Collected Short Stories Volume 2 2008 A Spot of Folly 2017 Uncollected short stories Edit The Martyr included in Midsummer Nights Ed Jeanette Winterson Quercus 2009 Paradise in The Strand Magazine 11 2003Uncollected round robin short stories to which Rendell was a contributor Edit Death in the Square co authored with Peter Levi Roald Dahl and Ted Willis Daily Telegraph 1988 Web of Intrigue co written with members of the public Daily Telegraph 1997Non fiction Edit Ruth Rendell s Suffolk 1989 Undermining the Central Line giving government back to the people with Colin Ward 1989 a political tract The Reason Why An Anthology of the Murderous Mind 1995 Children s Books Edit Archie amp Archie 2013 References Edit Alison Flood 1 March 2013 Ruth Rendell a life in writing The Guardian Retrieved 1 March 2013 a b The Oxford Companion to English Literature Sixth edition Ed by Margaret Drabble Oxford University Press 2000 p 847 ISBN 0 19 866244 0 a b c Ruth Rendell crime writer obituary 2 May 2015 Retrieved 23 March 2018 via www telegraph co uk a b LibBrooks 3 August 2002 The Profile Ruth Rendell The Guardian Author Ruth Rendell dies aged 85 BBC a b Open and shut case Is Ruth Rendell finally ready to open up about her puzzling personal life The Independent 10 March 2013 Brooks Libby 3 August 2002 Ruth Rendell Dark Lady of Whodunnits The Guardian London Retrieved 28 October 2011 No 54427 The London Gazette Supplement 15 June 1996 p 9 No 54933 The London Gazette 29 October 1997 p 12149 Luvvies for Labour BBC News 30 August 1998 Celebrities open letter to Scotland full text and list of signatories The Guardian London 7 August 2014 Retrieved 26 August 2014 Ruth Rendell 1930 2015 IMDb The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Literature Helicon Publishing 2006 How We Are Run kidsforkids org uk 6 May 2015 Archived from the original on 13 September 2015 Retrieved 23 March 2018 Blue plaque unveiled for renowned and much loved author Ruth Rendell East London and West Essex Guardian Series Retrieved 23 March 2018 Ruth Rendell in critical condition after stroke BBC News 7 January 2015 Author Ruth Rendell dies aged 85 BBC News Retrieved 2 May 2015 Nominations for the annual Ruth Rendell Award are now open Educate magazine 23 June 2021 Retrieved 6 February 2022 a b Wexford is me Ruth Rendell confesses BBC News 10 October 2011 Walker Tim 4 May 2009 Ruth Rendell closes the book on Wexford but new drama beckons The Daily Telegraph London Retrieved 17 March 2010 Alison Flood Ruth Rendell a life in writing Books The Guardian Retrieved 26 August 2014 Rendell Ruth 2007 1964 From Doon with Death 2 ed New York Ballantine Books p 217 ISBN 978 0 345 49845 8 Vanessa Thorpe 17 August 2013 Ruth Rendell Withholding information from the reader should be part of any story The Guardian anxietyresister 24 April 1987 A Judgment in Stone 1986 IMDb Ruth Rendell returns to ITV after 12 years with a dark thriller Telegraph co uk 6 August 2012 The New Girlfriend review bold adaptation of a Ruth Rendell short story TheGuardian com 21 May 2015 Novels up for lost Booker Prize BBC News 1 February 2010 Debrett s Peerage 2000 Published in Academy Mystery Novellas Volume 5 Women Write Murder Martin H Greenberg and Edward D Hoch editors 1987Further reading EditA critical essay on Rendell s crime novels appears in S T Joshi s book Varieties of Crime Fiction Wildside Press 2019 ISBN 978 1 4794 4546 2 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ruth Rendell Baroness Ruth Rendell at British Council Literature Gusworld Ruth Rendell information site with detailed bibliography Ruth Rendell at Random House Australia Fatal Inversions detailed Barbara Vine information site with bibliography Ruth Rendell at IMDb Baroness Rendell of Babergh at TheyWorkForYou com Ruth Rendell in a video interview on The Interview Online talking about Sherlock Holmes Portraits of Ruth Rendell at the National Portrait Gallery London Works by Ruth Rendell at Open Library Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ruth Rendell amp oldid 1130743347, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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