Margery Allingham was a prolific writer who sold her first story at age eight and published her first novel before turning 20. Allingham went on to become one of the preeminent writers who helped bring the detective story to maturity in the 1920s and 1930s
Miss Allingham is one of the few writers who can deal with art. Both her passions and her patterns are beautiful, accurate and serene - Daily Telegraph Margery Allingham has worked her way up to a worthy place among the tiny hierarchy of front-rankers in the detective world - Tatler Ms Allingham has a strong, controlled sense of humour and is never dull Times Literary Supplement One of her best... vivid and witty New York Times