Helen Nielsen

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Helen Nielsen (born October 23, 1918 in Roseville , Illinois , † June 22, 2002 in Prescott , Arizona ) was an American journalist and writer.

Life

Nielsen grew up on his parents' farm near Roseville. She later went to Chicago and spent all of her school years there. She studied journalism, art and technical drawing at the University of Chicago , and later moved to the Art Institute of Chicago .

At the beginning of the Second World War , Nielsen worked as a technical draftsman in the aircraft industry; Among other things, she worked there on the development of the Convair B-36 and Lockheed P-80 aircraft . In 1942 Nielsen went to California . For many years she worked for the " Hollywood Dream Factory " and lived in Laguna Beach and Oceanside .

Nielsen spent the last years of her life in Prescott, Arizona. She died there on June 22nd, 2002 at the age of 83 and was last resting there.

reception

In Southern California, where she lived and worked for most of her life, she also set the events of most of her crime novels . In addition to film scripts / screenplays, her oeuvre includes many short stories and around twenty crime novels. She always published the latter under her own name, otherwise she often used the pseudonym Kris Giles.

Works (selection)

Simon Drake series

  1. The white boat. Detective novel (After Midnight). Goldmann, Munich 1967.
  2. Dangerous knowledge. Detective novel (Killer in the Street). Goldmann, Munich 1968.
  3. Murder is contagious. Detective novel (The Darkest Hour). Goldmann, Munich 1969.
  4. Key and ring. Detective novel (Severed Key). Goldmann, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-442-25928-2 .
  5. Millions for Mexico. Detective novel (Brink of Murder). Goldmann, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-442-04664-5

More novels

  • Aphrodite wanted. Detective novel ("Shot on location"). Goldmann, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-442-25948-7 .
  • A momentous acquittal. Detective novel ("Verdict suspended"). Goldmann, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-442-04885-0 .
  • The woman on the roof. Detective novel ("The woman on the roof"). Goldmann, Munich 1955.
  • The fifth visitor. Detective novel ("The fifth caller"). Goldmann, Munich 1961.
  • Green like emeralds. Detective novel ("Sing me a murder"). Goldmann, Munich 1971 (former title Who is the murderer? ).
  • In the shadow of that hour. Detective novel ("The kind man"). Goldmann, Munich 1960.
  • Intermezzo in Chicago. Detective novel ("Gold Coast Nocturne"). Goldmann, Munich 1959 (also under the title Secret of a Night ).
  • Parrot of the devil. Detective novel ("Borrow the night"). Goldmann, Munich 1958.
  • Journey to doom. Detective novel ("False witness"). Desch, Munich 1961.
  • The detour. Detour novel ("Detour"). Goldmann, Munich 1955.
  • The crime was murder. Detective novel ("The crime is murder"). Goldmann, Munich 1957.
  • Virginia and the doll. Detective novel ("Obit delayed"). Goldmann, Munich 1960.

Film adaptations

literature

  • Armin Arnold u. a .: Reclam's crime novelist . Reclam, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-15-010278-2 , p. 267.
  • Vera Nünning (Ed.): The American and British detective novel. Genres, developments, model interpretations . Scientific publishing house, Trier 2008, ISBN 978-3-86821-071-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Nielsen, Helen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Roseville , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 2002
Place of death Prescott , Arizona