Famous authors · 20th century
P. D. James
1920 to 2014 · English · Detective fiction, Crime fiction
What sets their writing apart: Study James for the literary procedural: careful prose, place and psychology brought to the detective form. A model for elevating genre with craft.
Notable works
- Cover Her Face (1962)
- A Mind to Murder (1963)
- The Children of Men (1992)
- Death Comes to Pemberley (2011)
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