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Hillary Waugh

3.6/5 ( ratings)
Born
June 21 1920
Died
0707 12 20082008
Aka Elissa Grandower , H. Baldwin Taylor , Harry Walker .

Hillary Baldwin Waugh was a pioneering American mystery novelist. In 1989, Waugh was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.

During his senior year at Yale, Waugh enlisted in the United States Navy Air Corps and, after graduation, received his aviator's wings. He served in Panama for two years, flying various types of aircraft. While in military service, Waugh turned his hand to creative writing, completing and publishing his first novel Madam Will Not Dine Tonight in 1947. He quickly published two more novels, but they were not very well received.

In 1949, as the result of reading a case book on true crime, Waugh decided to explore a realistic crime novel. With the cooperation of his fiancée, who was a student at Smith College, Waugh set his police procedural Last Seen Wearing... in a fictional women's college. Published in 1952, the book was a significant success and is now considered a pioneering effort exploring relentless police work and attention to detail.

After Last Seen Wearing..., Waugh went on to publish more than thirty-five additional detective novels, many aptly described as "hard boiled". Pseudonyms include "Elissa Grandower," "Harry Walker" and "H. Baldwin Taylor."

Waugh married Diana Taylor, and the couple had three children. Waugh died on December 8, 2008.

Hillary Waugh

3.6/5 ( ratings)
Born
June 21 1920
Died
0707 12 20082008
Aka Elissa Grandower , H. Baldwin Taylor , Harry Walker .

Hillary Baldwin Waugh was a pioneering American mystery novelist. In 1989, Waugh was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.

During his senior year at Yale, Waugh enlisted in the United States Navy Air Corps and, after graduation, received his aviator's wings. He served in Panama for two years, flying various types of aircraft. While in military service, Waugh turned his hand to creative writing, completing and publishing his first novel Madam Will Not Dine Tonight in 1947. He quickly published two more novels, but they were not very well received.

In 1949, as the result of reading a case book on true crime, Waugh decided to explore a realistic crime novel. With the cooperation of his fiancée, who was a student at Smith College, Waugh set his police procedural Last Seen Wearing... in a fictional women's college. Published in 1952, the book was a significant success and is now considered a pioneering effort exploring relentless police work and attention to detail.

After Last Seen Wearing..., Waugh went on to publish more than thirty-five additional detective novels, many aptly described as "hard boiled". Pseudonyms include "Elissa Grandower," "Harry Walker" and "H. Baldwin Taylor."

Waugh married Diana Taylor, and the couple had three children. Waugh died on December 8, 2008.

Books from Hillary Waugh

Last Seen Wearing

3.7/5 ( ratings)

The Missing Man

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Murder On Safari

2.6/5 ( ratings)

A Bride for Hampton House

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A Death in a Town

3.2/5 ( ratings)

The Shadow Guest

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Merchants of Menace (A Mystery Writers of America Classic Anthology Book 5)

3.9/5 ( ratings)

That Night It Rained

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3/5 ( ratings)

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3/5 ( ratings)

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3/5 ( ratings)

Alfred Hitchcock's Book of Horror Stories Book 1

3/5 ( ratings)

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3/5 ( ratings)

Run When I Say Go

3/5 ( ratings)

Road Block

3/5 ( ratings)

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3/5 ( ratings)

Finish Me Off

3/5 ( ratings)

The Late Mrs. D.

3/5 ( ratings)

Girl on the Run

3/5 ( ratings)

Sleep Long, My Love (Fred Fellows #1)

3/5 ( ratings)
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