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Nancy Spain


Born
in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, The United Kingdom
September 13, 1917

Died
March 21, 1964


Nancy Spain was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1917, the great-niece of the legendary Mrs Beeton.

She began her career as a journalist and occasional actor in radio plays. After the Second World War she published a very successful memoir of her time working as a driver and in the press office of the WRNS. She later wrote columns for the Daily Express and She magazine, made many radio and television appearances, and published a series of detective novels.

She and her partner Joan Werner Laurie were killed in a plane crash in 1964.

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Average rating: 3.05 · 655 ratings · 113 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors
Death Goes on Skis
2.93 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 1949 — 9 editions
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Cinderella Goes to the Morgue
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Poison for Teacher
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R in the Month
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Why I'm Not a Millionaire
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A Funny Thing Happened on t...
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Not Wanted on Voyage
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Mrs Beeton and Her Husband
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The Nancy Spain All COlour ...
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The Kat Strikes
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Series by Nancy Spain

Poison in Play Death Before Wicket Murder, Bless It Death Goes on Skis Poison for Teacher Cinderella Goes to the Morgue R in the Month
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“There are people whom one loves immediately and forever. Even to know they are alive in the world with one is quite enough.”
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