Ruth Rendell (born 1930) was one of the world's most skillful and popular writers of mysteries and suspense thrillers.Ruth Grasemann was born on February 17, 1930, in London, England, and was educated...
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In the world of mystery and detective fiction, Ruth Rendell is considered by most critics as one of the leading, if not the leading, practitioners of the genre. Often hailed as the "Queen of Crime" or...
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Ruth Rendell has in recent years established herself as a major force in modern detective fiction, having won such prestigious awards as the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America, ...
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Critical Essay by T. J. Binyon
Although most of the eleven stories in Ruth Rendell's new collection [The Fallen Curtain] have a crime as their subject, its detection is not the object in any of...
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Critical Essay by Jane S. Bakerman
Ruth Rendell is hailed by her publishers as "The New First Lady of Mystery." The fact is that, publishers' enthusiasm aside, Rendell is worth se...
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Critical Essay by Francis Wyndham
With twenty-two books written over eighteen years, Ruth Rendell has established a double eminence in two separate categories of crime fiction: the classic puzzle, wit...
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Critical Essay by Newgate Callendar
Primarily ["Murder Being Once Done"] is a novel of police routine, traditional in its plotting, full of false clues and leads that peter out. Secondar...
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Ruth Rendell
Ruth (Barbara) Rendell
