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Veronica Parker Johns (1907–1988)

Author of Murder by the day

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Works by Veronica Parker Johns

Murder by the day (1953) 7 copies
Hush, Gabriel! (1941) (1944) 1 copy
The Singing Widow (1941) 1 copy
Servant's problem (1958) 1 copy
Hush, Gabriel 1 copy
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Masterpieces of Mystery: The Fifties (1976) — Contributor — 22 copies
The Lethal Sex (1959) — Contributor — 11 copies
Maiden Murders (1952) — Contributor — 11 copies
Edwina Noone's Gothic Sampler (1966) — Contributor — 10 copies
The Case of the Hesitant Hostess | Murder by Day | The Fence (1953) 3 copies
A Magnum of Mysteries (1963) — Contributor — 2 copies
Murder Mixture: An Anthology of Crime Stories (1963) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Birthdate
1907
Date of death
1988-04-14
Gender
female
Nationality
USA
Places of residence
New York, New York, USA
Occupations
screenwriter (TV ∙ Alfred Hitchcock Hour)
author (mysteries)
mystery writer
journalist
Organizations
Mystery Writers of America
Short biography
Veronica Parker Johns was a member of the Mystery Writers of America for 42 years. She wrote five detective novels, a nonfiction work about her hobby of collecting sea shells -- She Sells Sea Shells -- and a number of short stories that appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and other publications. She was perhaps best known for her story "A Gentleman Caller," which was adapted for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour on television.

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