Helen MacInnes | Author

About the Author

Helen MacInnes was born in Glasgow, Scotland on October 7, 1907. In 1928, she received a degree in French and German from the University of Glasgow in Scotland. She later studied at University College in London and worked as a librarian. She got married in 1932, moved to New York in 1937, and show more became an American citizen in 1952. In 1939, she began writing suspense novels and won the Columbia Prize for Literature in 1966. Many of her novels were adapted into movies including Above Suspicion, Assignment in Brittany, The Venetian Affair, and The Salzburg Connection. She died from the effects of a stroke on September 30, 1985 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Helen MacInnes

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Assignment in Brittany (1942) 517 copies

The Salzburg Connection (1968) 513 copies

Above Suspicion (1941) 484 copies

The Snare of the Hunter (1974) 416 copies

Agent in Place (1976) 399 copies

The Venetian Affair (1963) 377 copies

Ride a Pale Horse (1984) 367 copies

Prelude to Terror (1978) 367 copies

Message From Málaga (1971) 362 copies

The Hidden Target (1980) 353 copies

Cloak of Darkness (1982) 345 copies

North From Rome (1958) 339 copies

The Double Image (1965) 338 copies

While Still We Live (1944) 315 copies

Decision at Delphi (1960) 309 copies

Pray for a Brave Heart (1955) 241 copies

Rest and Be Thankful (1948) 222 copies

Neither Five Nor Three (1951) 220 copies

Horizon (1945) 209 copies

Friends and Lovers (1857) 184 copies

I and My True Love (1952) 172 copies

The Deadly Decisions (1960) 54 copies

Assignment: Suspense (1831) 29 copies

Home is the Hunter (1964) 29 copies

Triple threat : three novels (1972) 26 copies

Helen MacInnes: The Salzburg Connection / Assignment in Brittany / The Double Image / Agent in Place (1980) 24 copies

Mystery: Agent in Place, the Hidden Target, Cloak of Darkness (1993) 17 copies

Modern Classics of Suspense: Rebecca, Death and the Sky Above, The Thin Man, The Circular Staircase, Above Suspicion, A… (1968) 16 copies

Preludio para el terror 2 copies

Best-in-Books: Pray for a Brave Heart / The Bright Sword / The Tumult and the Shouting / The Dog / The Woman who Would… (1955) 2 copies

Neither Five Nor Three (abridged) 1 copy

Double agent 1 copy

The Salzburg Connection [and] Message From Málaga (1985) 1 copy

Prelude to Terror Vol. 2 1 copy

Libres de sospecha 1 copy

Assignment in Bittany 1 copy

The Unconqerable 1 copy

A Confusion of Celts 1 copy

Aconteceu no Oeste 1 copy

Grandes Clássicos do Suspense: Rebeca, e Acima de Suspeita 1 copy

Hidden Target 1 copy

Acima de suspeita 1 copy

Assignment in Brittany 1 copy

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Associated Works

On the Firing Line: The Public Life of Our Public Figures (1989) — Contributor — 112 copies

Great Spy Stories From Fiction (1969) — Contributor, some editions — 77 copies

Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Those Who Love | The Double Image | The Way of the Eagle | Churchill (1967) 28 copies

Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1966 v01 (1966) — Author — 25 copies

Great Mystery Books, 10 Volumes (Journey into Fear, The 39 Steps, And Then There Were None, Maltese Falcon, The Nine… (1967) — Contributor — 5 copies

Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1951 v03 (1951) — Author — 4 copies

The Captain, Children of Hope, No Highway, The Last Eagle, The Double Image (1967) 4 copies

The Salzburg Connection [1972 film] — Original book — 2 copies

Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 52 (Afrika Kitabu / The Double Image / Marie Antoinette / I Start Counting) (1968) 2 copies

Een madonna voor Marta; De President; De wereldreis van de Gipsy Moth; Spion met twee gezichten — Author — 1 copy

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Other names: Highet, Helen
Birthdate: 1907-10-07
Date of death: 1985-09-30
Gender: female
Nationality: UK (birth)
USA (naturalized 1952)
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Place of death: New York, New York, USA
Cause of death: complications of a stroke
Places of residence: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
New York, New York, USA
East Hampton, New York, USA
Education: University of Glasgow (MA|1928 | French and German)
University College, London (Dipl. 1931)
Occupations: librarian
spy novelist
translator
Relationships: Highet, Gilbert (husband)
Awards and honors: Columbia Prize for Literature (1966)
Short biography: Helen MacInnes was a Scottish-born author of espionage novels. She graduated from the University of Glasgow with a degree in French and German. Working as a librarian in 1932, she met and married classics professor Gilbert Highet, and they moved to New York in 1937. She became a naturalized USA citizen in 1951. Although best known for her Cold War settings, MacInnes actually started writing spy novels during World War II. Her novels often feature some type of romance and a central character who is an innocent bystander – such as a reporter, writer, artist or architect – until they get drawn into dangerous spy games and must use their wits to survive. Several of her books were adapted as films.