Ruth Barbara Grasemann (1930-02-17)17 February 1930 Woodford, Essex, England
Died
2 May 2015(2015-05-02) (aged 85) London, England
Pen name
Barbara Vine
Occupation
Novelist
Genre
Psychological thriller
murder mystery
Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE (née Grasemann; 17 February 1930 – 2 May 2015) was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries.[1]
Rendell is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford.[2] A second string of works was a series of unrelated crime novels that explored the psychological background of criminals and their victims. This theme was developed further in a third series of novels, published under the pseudonym Barbara Vine.
^Alison Flood (1 March 2013). "Ruth Rendell: a life in writing". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
^The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Sixth edition. Ed. by Margaret Drabble. Oxford University Press,
2000, p. 847. ISBN 0-19-866244-0.
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