11/12/2023 0 Comments Max mallowan and agatha christie![]() She was born February 1894, in Potter Bar, Middlesex. Very little is known about Mavis Doriel Hay. Some of the themes members of the Detection Club were forbidden to include in their novels were: ‘divine revelation, mumbo jumbo, jiggery-pokery, feminine intuition, coincidence or acts of God’. To join the club, new members had to follow a very particular initiation ceremony which required solemnly promising to adhere to the Knox’s Commandments in their writing. Sayers, Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts, G. This club consisted of a group of detective and crime writers including Dorothy L. It was during the 1930s that the Detection Club was founded. Sayers are only a few of the many well-known detective writers of the time. ![]() Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Dorothy L. The 1920s and 30s mark the era of Golden-Age fiction, which saw the prolific publication of classic murder mysteries and detective novels, most of a similar style and genre. In anticipation of National Crime Reading Month in June, this week’s blog post in the ‘Celebrating Female Authors’ series celebrates female authors from the Golden-Age of crime fiction and Detection Club Crime Writers. I have long been an avid reader of detective novels, psychological thrillers, crime fiction and cosy bibliomysteries.
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