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Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (1889-1955) was born and brought up in New York and educated at Miss Whitcombe's and other schools for young ladies. In 1913 she married George Holding, a British diplomat. They had two daughters and lived in various South American countries, and then in Bermuda, where her husband was a government official. Elisabeth Sanxay Holding wrote six romantic novels in the 1920s but, after the stock market crash, turned to the more profitable genre of detective novels: from 1929-54 she wrote eighteen, as well as numerous short stories for magazines. In 1949 Raymond Chandler chose her as 'the best character and suspense writer (for consistent but not large production)', picking The Blank Wall (1947) as one of his favourites among her books; it was filmed as The Reckless Moment in 1949 (by Max Ophuls) and as The Deep End (with Tilda Swinton) in 2001. After her husband's retirement the Holdings lived in New York City. Her series character was Lieutenant Levy. Holding also wrote numerous short stories for popular magazines of the day.

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Born 1889
Died 1955

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  • Cover of: Invincible Minnie

    First published in 1920 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1942 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1945 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1938 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1922 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The unfinished crime: The girl who had to die : two complete mystery novels

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  • Cover of: Akin to Murder; The Iron Cobweb; Widow's Mite

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  • Cover of: ALONE BY NIGHT: Sweets to the Sweet; The Strange Children; The Likeness of Julie; It Will Come to You; A Gnome There Was; Nightmare at Twenty Thousand Feet; In the Midst of Death; Gabriel-Ernest; Baynter's Imp; Enoch; For the Blood is the Life

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    First published in 1946 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Blank Wall; Death in the Wrong Room; Search for a Scientist

    First published in 1947 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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American author

Born 1889
Died 1955
Subjects
Fiction, American Detective and mystery stories, Art, Cats, Detective and mystery stories, Murder, Powieść kryminalna amerykańska, Tłumaczenia polskie
Places
Bermuda Islands, Long Island Sound, Manhattan
Time
1945-1970, World War II homefront

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September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
June 20, 2018 Edited by MCMattiello Added bio
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March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import