Helen Reilly
Helen Reilly | |
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| Born | April 25, 1891 |
| Died | January 11, 1962 (aged 70) |
| Other names | Kieran Abbey |
| Education | Hunter College |
| Occupation | Mystery writer |
| Organizations | Mystery Writers of America (president, 1953) |
| Spouse | Paul Reilly (1914–1944) |
| Children | 4, including Mary McMullen and Ursula Curtiss |
| Parent | James Michael Kieran |
| Relatives | John Kieran (brother) |
Helen Reilly (April 25, 1891 – January 11, 1962), was an American mystery writer known for a series of novels featuring Inspector Christopher McKee, head of the fictitious Manhattan Homicide Squad. She wrote mostly under her own name but also under the pseudonym Kieran Abbey.[1] A member of the Mystery Writers of America, she served as its president in 1953.[2]
Born Helen Kieran in New York City in 1891, she attended Hunter College, graduating in 1914.[2] In that same year, she married Paul Reilly, an artist.[1] Two of their four daughters, Ursula Curtiss and Mary McMullen, also became published mystery writers.[3]
Reilly died on January 11, 1962, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1944.[2]
Bibliography
[edit]Inspector McKee series
[edit]- The Diamond Feather (1930) OCLC 504795318
- Murder in the Mews (1931) OCLC 8944856
- The Line-Up (1934) OCLC 3798270
- McKee of Centre Street (1934) OCLC 1802275
- Mr. Smith's Hat: A Case for Inspector McKee (1936) OCLC 14688393
- Dead Man Control (1936) OCLC 952071648
- All Concerned Notified (1940) OCLC 7581303
- Dead for a Ducat (1939) OCLC 3370752
- The Dead Can Tell (1940) OCLC 23246016
- Death Demands an Audience (1940) OCLC 3298901
- Murder in Shinbone Alley (1940) OCLC 5319892
- Mourned on Sunday (1941) OCLC 3519813
- Three Women in Black (1941) OCLC 1377119
- Name Your Poison (1942) OCLC 8365275
- The Opening Door (1944) OCLC 1610473
- Murder on Angler's Island (1945) OCLC 1084376
- The Silver Leopard (1946) OCLC 587229702
- The Farmhouse (1947) OCLC 1610452
- Staircase 4 (1949) OCLC 1608993
- Murder at Arroways (1950) OCLC 1609493
- Lament for the Bride (1951) OCLC 1609510
- The Double Man (1952) OCLC 1609025
- The Velvet Hand (1953) OCLC 1382629
- Tell Her It's Murder (1954) OCLC 1382605
- Compartment K: Murder Rides a Canadian Transcontinental Express (1955) OCLC 1407194
- The Canvas Dagger (1956) OCLC 2740455
- Ding, Dong, Bell (1958) OCLC 1998745
- Not Me, Inspector (1959) OCLC 1803116
- Follow Me (1960) OCLC 1803139
- Certain Sleep (1961) OCLC 1279670
- The Day She Died (1962) OCLC 755284167
Other mysteries
[edit]- The Thirty-first Bullfinch (1930) OCLC 1802533
- Man with the Painted Head (1931) OCLC 877319274
- The Doll's Trunk Murder (1932) OCLC 5510686
- File on Rufus Ray (1937) OCLC 504795357
As Kieran Abbey
- Run with the Hare (1941) OCLC 7997553
- And Let the Coffin Pass (1942) OCLC 8209892
- Beyond the Dark (1944) OCLC 4237182
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bakerman, Jane S. (1980). "Reilly, Helen". In John M. Reilly (ed.). Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers. Macmillan. pp. 1251–54.
- ^ a b c "Helen Reilly". Contemporary Authors Online. Gale. 2002. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ^ Bakerman, Jane S. (1980). "McMullen, Mary". In John M. Reilly (ed.). Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers. Macmillan. pp. 1059–60.
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| National | |
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- 1891 births
- 1962 deaths
- 20th-century American women writers
- Novelists from New York City
- American crime fiction writers
- Hunter College alumni
- Writers from Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Writers of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction
- Pseudonymous women writers
- 20th-century pseudonymous writers
- American women novelists
- 20th-century American novelists