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Dolores Hitchens

Julia Clara Catharine Dolores Birk Olsen Hitchens was born in San Antonio, Texas. She worked as a nurse and as a teacher before she started her writing career. She wrote a large number of lightweight mysteries, mostly in the cozy tradition, but she also wrote a pair of hardboiled mysteries featuring a private eye named Jim Sader, books squarely in the Chandlerite tradition. Her first book, A Clue in the Clay, was published in 1938. She produced almost 50 books over the course of her career.

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American mystery writer (1907–1973)

Born 1907
Died 1973

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  • Cover of: The Grudge

    First published in 1963 — 6 editions
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    First published in 1973 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1949 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Baxter letters

    First published in 1971 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1969 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1956 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The man who cried all the way home

    First published in 1966 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Sleep with Slander

    First published in 1960 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: F.O.B. Murder

    First published in 1955 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1956 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1942 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The bank with the bamboo door

    First published in 1965 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Beat back the tide.

    First published in 1954 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Cat and Capricorn

    First published in 1951 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The cat saw murder

    First published in 1939 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Cat's claw.

    First published in 1943 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Cats don't need coffins

    First published in 1946 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Cats Have Tall Shadows

    First published in 1948 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Catspaw for murder.

    First published in 1943 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Cat Walk

    First published in 1953 — 1 edition
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American mystery writer (1907–1973)

Born 1907
Died 1973

Subjects

Drama, Women, Crime & mystery, Fiction in English, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Gothic novels, Large type books, Petroleum, Petroleum engineering, Rachel Murdock (fictional character) mystery, Romantic thrillers

Places

southern California

Time

1939, Early 1960, Mid 1960

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Alternative names

  • Dolan Birkley
  • Noel Burke
  • D. B. Olsen
  • Bert Hitchens and Dolores Hitchens

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January 13, 2025 Edited by raybb Edited without comment.
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
May 18, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot merge authors
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import