Brand, Christianna

Christianna Brand (1907 1988) was one of the most popular authors of the Golden Age of British mystery writing. Born in Malaya and raised in India, Brand used her experience as a salesgirl as inspiration for her first novel, "Death in High Heels", which she based on a fantasy of murdering an irritating coworker. The same year, she debuted her most famous character, Inspector Cockrill, whose adventures she followed until 1957. The film version of the second Cockrill mystery, "Green for Danger", is considered one of the best-ever screen adaptations of a classic English mystery.Brand also found s...