Ngaio Marsh
Ngaio Marsh (1895-1982) was a New Zealand author of detective fiction, best known for her Roderick Alleyn series. She is often spoken of in the same breath as the other Queens of Crime, Agatha Christie , Dorothy L. Sayers and Margery Allingham . In addition to being a novelist, Marsh was also a theatre director and toured with her student players putting on Shakespearean productions.