Laura Black
Laura Black is a pseudonym of the Scottish writer Roger Erskine Longrigg (born May 1, 1929 in Edinburgh , † March 18, 2000 in Farnham ), who also works under the pseudonyms Megan Barker, Grania Beckford, Ivor Drummond, Rosalind Erskine, Frank Parrish and Domini Taylor wrote.
Film adaptations
Some of her works have been filmed, for example Mother Love as an English television series in 1989 and as a German film from 1978 with Nastassja Kinski under the title passionate flowers (English title: Passion Flower Hotel ).
Works in German
As Laura Black
- The Count's Daughter , Heyne, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-453-03817-7
- Rabenschloss , Heyne, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-453-02668-3
- The waterfalls of Gard , Heyne, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-453-00857-X
- Das tödliche Erbe , Heyne, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-453-00161-3
- The mysterious Lady , Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-11394-2
- The terrible journey , Heyne, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-453-11270-9
- The secret of Glendraco Castle , Rowohlt, Reinbek 1981, ISBN 3-499-14750-5
- A secret written on her forehead , Wunderlich, Tübingen 1978, ISBN 3-8052-0295-4
As Ivor Drummond
- The man with the small head , Scherz, Bern 1971
- Killed by the flower , Scherz, Bern 1980
- The minions of the goddess , Ullstein, Frankfurt 1980
- Rififi in Prague , Scherz, Bern 1982
As Rosalind Erskine
- Love according to the timetable , Zsolnay, Vienna 1963
- The darn dolce vita , Zsolnay, Vienna 1964
As Frank Parrish
- The sting of the honey bee , Munich, Heyne 1983
- The man in the dark , Munich, Heyne 1983
- Fire in the cornfield , Munich, Heyne 1984
- The bait on the hook , Munich, Heyne 1984
- Shadows on the window , Munich, Heyne 1985
- On the glue , Munich, Heyne 1991
As Domini Taylor
- Under the spell of the past , Reinbek, Rowohlt 1993
Web links
- Literature by and about Longrigg, Roger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Laura Black in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ obituary Roger Longrigg , The New York Times , March 20, 2000
- ↑ Passionate flowers in the IMDb
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Black, Laura |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Longrigg, Roger Erskine (real name); Barker, Megan (pseudonym); Beckford, Grania (pseudonym); Drummond, Ivor (pseudonym); Erskine, Rosalind (pseudonym); Parrish, Frank (pseudonym); Taylor, Domini (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edinburgh |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 2000 |
| Place of death | Farnham (Surrey) |