Author
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
American writer
1876
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1958
genre: romance novel
country of citizenship: United States of America
language of expression: English
occupation: journalist, novelist, poet, writer, screenwriter, nurse
award received: Edgar Award
Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876 – September 22, 1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie, although her first mystery novel was published 12 years before Christie's first novel in 1920.Rinehart is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it" from her novel The Door (1930), although the novel does not use the exact phrase. Rinehart is also considered to have invented the "Had-I-but-Known" school of mystery writing, with the publication of The Circular Staircase (1908).
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The Circular Staircase
1908 mystery novel by American Mary Roberts Rinehart
author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
1908
The Breaking Point
1923 Broadway three-act drama written by Mary Roberts Rinehart
author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
