Penelope Wallace

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Penelope Wallace (born May 30, 1923 , † January 13, 1997 in Oxford ) was an English crime writer .

Penelope Wallace was the daughter of the English crime writer Edgar Wallace and his second wife, Violet Ethel King. She is the author of several crime stories, some of which have also appeared in German. Despite her prominent name, she didn't nearly match her father's popularity.

In 1969 she founded The Edgar Wallace Appreciation Society . Until 1984 she was solely responsible for the organization and until her death in 1997 she was the president.

Works (selection)

  • The Sleep-Walking Monkey (1979) - the secret of the sleepwalking monkey (1979)
  • A Clutch of Bastards (1980) - German Toter Erbe - Guter Erbe (1980)
  • Death and Holly (1982) - German family ties (1982)
  • Kensington Gore (1985) - German A Fine Address (1987)

literature

  • Joachim Kramp, Jürgen Wehnert: The Edgar Wallace Lexicon. Life, work, films. It is impossible not to be captivated by Edgar Wallace! Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89602-508-2 .
personal data
SURNAME Wallace, Penelope
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English crime writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1923
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1997
Place of death Oxford