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Dorothy Salisbury Davis

Davis was born in Chicago in 1916, and adopted and raised in Illinois by Margaret (Greer) and Alfred J. Salisbury. She worked in Chicago in advertising as a research librarian and as an editor of The Merchandiser, prior to taking up fiction writing. She was married to Harry Davis, the character actor, from 1946 until his death in 1993. She published many novels and short stories. Among them are two sets of series novels, but she mainly wrote stand-alone novels. Her novels explore psychological suspense, as was popular for many decades, and has 'an especially strong way of sharing with readers the minds of female characters confronting hazards and crisis'. She was nominated for an Edgar Award eight times, served as President of the Mystery Writers of America in 1956 and was declared a Grand Master by that organization in 1985.
She was on the initial steering committee of Sisters in Crime when it was formed in 1986 and her support was influential in dampening attacks on the new organization.
Davis died on August 3, 2014, at a senior residence facility in Palisades, New York.
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Born 25 April 1916
Died 03 August 2014

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Born 25 April 1916
Died 03 August 2014

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Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, general, Crime, fiction, Large type books, American Detective and mystery stories, Detective and mystery stories, English Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, Fiction in English, Fiction, mystery & detective, short stories, Greece, fiction, mystery, Crime, Detective and mystery stories, American, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, collections & anthologies, Fiction, short stories (single author), History, Journalists, fiction, Mrs Norris mysteries, Mystery, National Ski Patrol System (U.S.), New york (n.y.), fiction, Seal of confession

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Alternative names

  • Dorothy (Salisbury) Davis
  • Dorothy Salisbury Davis
  • Jerome Ross

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March 8, 2024 Edited by Сергей Малышев Added new photo
January 25, 2020 Edited by M C W Edited without comment.
February 17, 2018 Edited by MCMattiello Corrected bio
February 17, 2018 Edited by MCMattiello Added bio
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import