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Marian Babson

マリアン・バブソン

Marian Babson

Aliases: Ruth Marian Stenstreem

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1929 （Salem, Massachusetts）
Died
2017 age 88
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
London, England

Career

Occupations
mystery writer, novelist
Active Years
1971-2012

Awards

Dagger in the Library
1996
Work: body of work
Organization: Crime Writers' Association
Result: winner
Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement
2004
Work: Lifetime Achievement
Organization: Malice Domestic
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Cover Up Story

1971 mystery

Murder at the Cat Show

1972 mystery
cats

Canapes for the Kitties

1996 mystery
cats

Bibliography

  • Cover Up Story
  • Murder at the Cat Show
  • Murder on Show
  • Tourists are for Trapping
  • In the Teeth of Adversity
  • Reel Murder
  • Encore Murder
  • Shadows in Their Blood
  • Even Yuppies Die
  • Break a Leg, Darlings
  • Not Quite a Geisha
  • The Cat Who Wasn't A Dog
  • No Cooperation from the Cat
  • Canapes for the Kitties
  • Retreat from Murder
  • Please Do Feed the Cat
  • Pretty Lady
  • The Stalking Lamb
  • Unfair Exchange
  • Murder Sails at Midnight
  • There Must be Some Mistake
  • Untimely Guest
  • The Lord Mayor of Death
  • Murder, Murder, Little Star
  • Tightrope for Three
  • So Soon Done For
  • The Twelve Deaths of Christmas
  • Dangerous to Know
  • Queue Here for Murder
  • Line Up For Murder
  • Bejewelled Death
  • Death Beside the Seaside
  • Dead Beside the Sea
  • Death Warmed Up
  • A Fool for Murder
  • The Cruise of a Death Time
  • A Trail of Ashes
  • Whiskers and Smoke
  • Death Swap
  • Paws for Alarm
  • Death in Fashion
  • Weekend for Murder
  • Murder on a Mystery Tour
  • Fatal Fortune
  • Guilty Party
  • Past Regret
  • Nine Lives to Murder
  • The Diamond Cat
  • The Company of Cats
  • The Multiple Cat
  • To Catch a Cat
  • A Tealeaf in the Mouse
  • Deadly Deceit
  • The Cat Next Door
  • Only the Cat Knows

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Usually under two hundred pagesOften involve cats
Recurring Motifs
cats

Legacy

Pseudonym of American mystery writer Ruth Marian Stenstreem, born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1929. She died in 2017 and lived most of her life in London, England. Babson's books are usually under two hundred pages and often involve cats. Her publisher's tagline is 'Murder Most British'. Awarded CWA Dagger in the Library (1996) and Malice Domestic Lifetime Achievement (2004).

Trivia

  • Pseudonym of Ruth Marian Stenstreem
  • Lived most of her life in London, England
  • Her publisher's tagline for her is 'Murder Most British'