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Marian Babson


Born
in Salem, Massachusetts, The United States
January 01, 1929

Died
December 19, 2017

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers


Marian Babson, a pseudonym for Ruth Stenstreem, was born in Salem, Massachusetts, but lived in London for the greater part of her life.

She worked as a librarian; managed a campaign headquarters; was a receptionist, secretary, and den mother to a firm of commercial artists; and was co-editor of a machine knitting magazine, despite the fact that she can’t knit, even with two needles.

A long sojourn as a temp sent her into the heart of business life all over London, working for architects, law firms, the British Museum, a Soho club, and even a visiting superstar.

She also served as secretary to the Crime Writers’ Association. She became a full-time writer whose many interests included theatre, cinema, art, cooking, travel, and, of course, cat ...more

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“Whatever had happened, she wondered, to the concept of reading as entertainment? Now it appeared to be an endurance contest as to how many pages the reader could get through without throwing up.
(Lorinda, chapter 1)”
― Marian Babson, Please Do Feed the Cat
tags: reading
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“Their world has changed overnight ...Even after the trial, after the verdict -- whatever it might be -- life would never be the same again.

That was the truth of murder.”
― Marian Babson, The Cat Next Door
tags: murder-trial, truth
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“Had-I and But-Known looked back at her with identical icy stares of umbrage and reproof. She belonged to them. How dare she make such a fuss of Roscoe? He owned a perfectly good … well, adequate … um … anyway … Macho belonged to him. And if he hadn’t trained Macho correctly, it was his fault”
― Marian Babson, Please Do Feed the Cat
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