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Marjorie Carleton

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Marjorie Carleton (1897 in Brockton, Massachusetts – 4 June 1964) was an American playwright and crime fiction novelist.[1][2] Her best known work is Cry Wolf which was made into a 1947 film under the same title. She was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel in 1958 by the Mystery Writers of America for her suspense novel The Night of the Good Children.[3] Her plays included The Barretts, and The Bride Regrets.

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  1. ^ Obituary
  2. ^ Amnon Kabatchnik, Blood on the Stage, 1975-2000: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, ... 0810883554 2012 - Marjorie Carleton (1897—1964) was the American author of half a dozen suspense novels published between 1947 and 1963.
  3. ^ Edgar Awards website, retrieved Feb 1, 2019