Nedra Tire

Nedra Tire (born 1921 in Offerman , Pierce County , Georgia , † 1990 in Richmond , Virginia ) was an American librarian and writer.

Tire studied a. a. English literature at Emory University ( Atlanta ) and was able to successfully complete this study in 1940 with a thesis on Mrs. Gaskell . She then worked for some time as a bookseller and later as a librarian.

Already during her studies she tried her hand at literary texts and soon after the end of the Second World War she made a successful debut with a detective novel .

In 1990 Nedra Tire died in Richmond, where she found her final resting place.

Works (selection)

Books

• Death is a lover . Mercury Publ., New York 1955 (formerly Mouse in eternity ).
• Death of an intruder. A tale of horror in three parts . Knopf, New York 1953.
• Everyone suspect . Macmillan, New York 1964.
• Hall to nowhere . Knopf, New York 1954.
• Journey to nowhere . Knopf, New York 1954.
• Red wine first . Simon & Schuster, New York 1947.
• Twice so far . 1971.
• The works of Mrs. Gaskell . University Press, Atlanta, Ga. 1940.

stories

• Carnival day . In: Marcia Muller u. a. (Ed.): Child's ploy. An anthology of mystery and suspense . Macmillan, New York 1984, ISBN 0-0259-9250-3 .
• A nice place to stay . In: Elizabeth George (Ed.): A moment on the edge. 100 years of crime stories of women . HarperCollins, New York 2004, ISBN 978-0-0605-8821-2 .
• Reflections on murder . In: Marcia Muller u. a. (Ed.): Chapter and hearse. Suspense stories about the world of books . Morrow Press, New York 1985, ISBN 0-6880-4184-1 .

literature

• Armin Arnold u. a. (Ed.): Reclams Kriminalromanführer . Reclam, Stuttgart 1978. ISBN 3-15-010278-2 , p. 336.