Christianna Brand

Born December 17, 1907· British Malaya

† Died March 11, 1988

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Emerging from a peripatetic childhood across Malaya, England and India, she entered the literary world after stints as a model, dancer and governess. Her first novel, written while she was a salesgirl, introduced the sharp-witted Inspector Cockrill, who would appear in seven books and numerous short stories, while the wartime whodunit Green for Danger was turned into a 1946 Eagle-Lion film starrin… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources