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Alice Campbell

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Alice Campbell


Born
in Atlanta, Georgia, The United States
November 29, 1887

Died
November 27, 1955

Genre
Mystery


Alice Ormond Campbell was an American-born British writer of detective fiction. Originally she came from Atlanta, Georgia, where she was part of the socially prominent Ormond family. Alice moved to New York City at the age of nineteen and quickly became a socialist and women’s suffragist. Later she moved to Paris. There she married the American-born artist and writer James Lawrence Campbell and had a son in 1914. After World War One, the family left France for England, where Campbell continued writing crime fiction until 1950.
She published her first work (The Juggernaut) in 1929. She wrote at least nineteen detective novels during her career.

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Average rating: 3.9 · 234 ratings · 28 reviews · 37 distinct works • Similar authors
Juggernaut: A Golden Age My...
3.85 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1929 — 27 editions
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Keep Away From Water!: A Go...
3.85 avg rating — 39 ratings — 5 editions
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Water Weed: A Golden Age My...
3.91 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1929 — 5 editions
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Spiderweb
3.67 avg rating — 21 ratings — 6 editions
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The Click of the Gate
4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1932 — 3 editions
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The Murder of Caroline Bund...
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Death Framed in Silver: A G...
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Desire to Kill: A Golden Ag...
4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1934 — 7 editions
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A Door Closed Softly: A Gol...
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Flying Blind: A Golden Age ...
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