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Elly Griffiths

エリー・グリフィス

Erī Guriffisu

Aliases: Domenica de Rosa
Pen Names: Elly Griffiths（Pen name for crime novels）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1963-08-17 （London）
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
Norfolk

Career

Occupations
Author, Crime novelist
Active Years
2009-2024
Nominations
Gold Dagger 2021 (The Postscript Murders)

Education

King's College London
English
Country: United Kingdom
English literature

Awards

Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel
2020
Work: The Stranger Diaries
Organization: Mystery Writers of America
Result: won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Crossing Places

2009 Crime fiction

Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway solves mysteries in Norfolk.

ArchaeologyMythsCrime

The Stranger Diaries

2018 Crime fiction

First in Harbinder Kaur series.

GothicDiariesMurder

Bibliography

  • The Crossing Places
  • The Zig Zag Girl
  • The House at Sea's End
  • A Room Full of Bones
  • Ruth's First Christmas Tree
  • A Dying Fall
  • The Outcast Dead
  • The Ghost Fields
  • The Woman in Blue
  • The Chalk Pit
  • The Dark Angel
  • The Stone Circle
  • The Lantern Men
  • The Night Hawks
  • The Locked Room
  • The Last Remains
  • The Zig Zag Girl
  • Smoke and Mirrors
  • The Blood Card
  • The Vanishing Box
  • Now You See Them
  • The Midnight Hour
  • The Great Deceiver
  • The Stranger Diaries
  • The Postscript Murders
  • Bleeding Heart Yard
  • The Last Word
  • A Girl Called Justice
  • The Smugglers' Secret
  • A Ghost in the Garden
  • The Spy at the Window
  • The Frozen People

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Character-drivenArchaeological mysteriesHistorical settings
Recurring Motifs
Norfolk landscapeAncient mythsFemale protagonists

Legacy

British crime novelist successful internationally with Ruth Galloway series. Edgar Award winner.

Trivia

  • Real name Domenica de Rosa.
  • Husband is archaeologist who inspired Ruth Galloway.