Ruth Rendell
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Emerging from a modest Essex upbringing and a brief tenure as a feature writer for the Chigwell Times, she launched a prolific career in crime fiction. Best known for inventing Chief Inspector Wexford, she also produced stand-alone psychological thrillers and, under the pen name Barbara Vine, explored deeper criminal motives, ultimately selling around twenty million copies. Her work earned an unma…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources