Margery Allingham
(1904-1966)

Died aged c. 62

Margery Louise Allingham (20 May 1904 – 30 June 1966) was an English novelist from the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", and considered one of its four "Queens of Crime", alongside Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Ngaio Marsh. Allingham is best remembered for her hero, the gentleman sleuth Albert Campion. Initially believed to be a parody of Dorothy L. Sayers's detective Lord Peter Wimsey, Campion matured into a strongly individual character, part-detective, part-adventurer, who formed the basis for 18 novels and many short stories.

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Margery Allingham 1904-1966 writer of crime fiction and creator of Albert Campion lived here 1916-1926

1 Westbourne Terrace Road, London, United Kingdom where they lived (1916-1926)

Margery Allingham 1904-1966 Author lived here

Kelvedon Road, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, United Kingdom where they lived