Margaret Millar (1915–1994)

Margaret Ellis Sturm, born in Canada, moved to the USA after marrying writer Kenneth Millar (who used the pen name Ross Macdonald) in 1938. They lived for many years in Santa Barbara, California, which often appears as a locale in her books under the pseudonyms San Felice or Santa Felicia. She published her first novel in 1941 and went on to write popular mysteries and non-mystery novels. Her autobiography appeared in 1968.