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born: 12/17/1919
died: 10/26/1996
born as: Geraldine Mary Jay Halls

Australian mystery writer, one of the best and most singular authors of the suspense era, she wrote only nine books, but their unorthodoxy secured her a place in Mystery Hall of Fame. The haunting Beat Not The Bones won the first Edgar Award for Best Novel of the Year in 1954.