Ethel Lina White

Ethel Lina White ( * 1876 in Abergavenny, Wales, † 1944 in London ) was a British writer of short stories and detective novels. Become known in Germany are mainly based on her novels, films of Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Siodmak.

Works

  • The Wish -Bone 1927
  • Twill Soon Be Dark, 1929
  • The Eternal Journey, 1930
  • Put Out the Light, 1931
  • Fear Stalks the Village, 1932
  • Some Must Watch, 1933 (later known as The Spiral Staircase, dt Helen or the spiral staircase, Zurich 1988, ISBN 3-257-21640-8 )
  • Wax, 1935 (Eng. panopticon, Leipzig 1938, and the night in the Cabinet of wax figures, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-453-08886-7 last under )
  • The First Time He Died in 1935 (Eng. When he died for the first time, Leipzig 1939)
  • The Wheel Spins, 1936 (later known as The Wheel Spins and the Lady Vanishes; German Lady Vanishes, Munich, 1975, ISBN 3-453-08220-6 last under )
  • The Third Eye, 1937
  • The Elephant Never Forgets, 1937
  • Step in the Dark, 1938
  • While She Sleeps, 1940
  • She Faded into Air, 1941
  • Midnight House, 1942
  • The Man Who Loved Lions, 1943
  • They See in Darkness, 1944

Films

The Lady Vanishes (1938 film) Lewis Allen (director) The Spiral Staircase (1946 film)
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