When Daphne du Maurier died at age 81 in 1989 at her home in her beloved Cornwall, England, obituary writers around the world sharpened their pencils. A writer in the London Times called her "one of the most popular novelists in the English-speaking...

Daphne du Maurier lived in Cornwall for forty years, twenty-five of them in Menabilly, a seventeenth-century house that she described as the most beautiful she had ever seen. Cornwall, a region of mystery and superstition, the home of legendary figures...

In a writing career that spanned over four decades and brought her international renown, Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) published in a number of different genres. Among her most popular works were those that spun tales of mystery, suspense, and drama,...

Daphne Du Maurier - (1907 - 1989) English novelist, playwright, nonfiction writer, and editor. Regarded by many critics as a natural storyteller who made effective use of melodrama, du Maurier is best known for her Gothic novels and short stories....

Daphne, Lady Browning DBE (13 May, 1907–19 April, 1989), commonly known as Dame Daphne du Maurier (IPA: [ˈdæfnɪ du ˈmɒɹieɪ]), was a famous British novelist, playwright and short story writer. Many of her works were adapted into films, such as...

Sardonic fate has decreed that Daphne du Maurier should be remembered for "Rebecca," which Nina Auerbach in this incisive critical overview deems "masochistic, derivative, and only quasi- coherent" - unlike most of her other works. "One reason why I remain loyal to this strange...

Daphne du Maurier, 81, a novelist and short-story writer whose tales of romance, mystery, suspense and intrigue captivated millions of readers all over the world, died in her sleep yesterday at her home in Cornwall, in the southwest of England. The cause of death...

Kelly is an American critic and educator. In the following excerpt from his book-length biographical and critical study of du Maurier, he concludes that her characters often remain undefined and secondary to her formulaic plots, and that her best short stories are those that break out of this pattern, such as "Ganymede," "Don't Look Now, " and "The Birds. "

Forster is an English novelist, biographer, and critic. In the following excerpt from her authorized biography of du Maurier, she examines the stories collected in The Apple Tree.

A Canadian novelist and nonfiction writer, Millar is a critically acclaimed author of several mystery and suspense novels. In the following mixed review of Don't Look Now, she suggests that while du Maurier's stories are intriguing and entertaining, some have manipulative plots and unbelievable, superficial characters.