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Portrait of Martha Grimes Photo: Peter Peitsch (1992) / www.peitschphoto.com

Grimes, Martha

Country/Region:
USA
Born:
May 2, 1931
Genres:
Miscellaneous prose, Crime literature, Poetry
Martha Grimes is an American author of detective stories born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her father, a lawyer, died when she was six years old and she and her brother grew up with their mother, a busy businesswoman who managed the Mountain Lake Hotel in West Maryland. After leaving high school she attended the University of Maryland, College Park, graduating with a BA in English in 1954 and an MA the following year.

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