Millar, Margaret, 1915-1994

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Birth 1915-02-05
Death 1994-03-26
Canadians,
English,

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Margaret Ellis Millar (née Sturm) was the author of many mystery novels, plays, television scripts, poems, and short stories.

Millar was born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, on February 5, 1915. She studied psychiatry at the University of Toronto, but left college after three years without completing her degree. In 1938 she married Kenneth Millar, with whom she lived in Santa Barbara, California until his death in 1983. They had one daughter, Linda. Margaret Millar died on March 26, 1994, at age 79, in Santa Barbara, California.

Millar's novels have been published in several languages including French, Japanese, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, and Catalan. Her literary work has received ample recognition by literary critics, reviewers, and peers. In 1956 she was awarded the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best novel, and in 1983 she received the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award.

1915 February 5 Born Margaret Ellis Sturm. 1936 Leaves University of Toronto. 1938 Marries Kenneth Millar, pseudonym Ross Macdonald. 1941 Publishes The Invisible Worm. 1942 Publishes The Weak-Eyed Bat. Publishes The Devils Loves Me. 1943 Publishes Wall of Eyes. 1944 Publishes Fire Will Freeze. 1945 Publishes The Iron Gates. 1947 Publishes Experiment in Springtime. 1948 Publishes It's All in the Family. 1949 Publishes The Cannibal Heart. 1950 Publishes Do Evil in Return. 1952 Publishes Vanish in an Instant. Publishes Rose's Last Summer. 1954 Publishes Wives and Lovers. 1955 Publishes Beast in View. 1956 Wins the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best novel for Beast in View. 1957 Publishes An Air That Kills. 1957 1958 Serves as president of Mystery Writers of America. 1959 Publishes The Listening Walls. 1960 Publishes A Stranger in My Grave. 1962 Publishes How Like an Angel. 1964 Publishes The Fiend. 1965 The Fiend nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best novel. Named Woman of the Year by Los Angeles Times. 1967 Publishes The Birds and the Beasts Were There. 1970 Publishes Beyond This Point Are Monsters. 1971 Beyond This Point Are Monsters nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best novel. 1976 Publishes Ask For Me Tomorrow. 1979 Publishes The Murder of Miranda. 1982 Publishes Mermaid. 1983 Publishes Banshee. Receives Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award. 1983 July 11 Kenneth Millar dies in Santa Barbara, California. 1986 Publishes Spider Webs. 1994 March 26 Margaret Millar dies in Santa Barbara, California.

From the guide to the Margaret Millar papers, 1944-1994, (University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.)

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