Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Ngaio Marsh Her Life in Crime by Joanne Drayton Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime by Joanne Drayton. Joanne Drayton is an acclaimed New Zealand author whose output is globally recognized. Her book Hudson & Halls: The Food of Love was the winner of the Royal Society Te Aparangi Award for General Non-Fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards in May 2019 , and was a cover story for the NZ Listener in October 2018. Joanne’s The Search for Anne Perry was numbered in the top 10 non-fiction books on the New York Times BESTSELLER list . It was a finalist in the prestigious New Zealand Book Awards in August 2013; it was the subject of a 60 Minutes programme; and a cover story for the NZ Listener . It is an 'important' and ‘beguiling’ read that has received excellent reviews. The subject of the biography, Anne Perry, needs no introduction as a frequent author on the New York Times bestseller list herself. Perry’s dramatic story of teenage murder and redemption is one that has inspired many. Both The Search for Anne Perry and Hudson & Halls: The Food of Love have been optioned for feature films. Her critically acclaimed Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime (2008) was a Christmas pick of the Independent newspaper when it was released in the UK in 2009. Her other biographies of expatriate painters include Frances Hodgkins: A Private Viewing (Random House, 2005); Rhona Haszard: An Experimental Expatriate NZ Artist (CUP, 2002); and Edith Collier: Her Life and Work (CUP, 1999). She has curated exhibitions and publishes in art history, theory and biography. In 2007, she was awarded a National Library Fellowship , and in 2017 the prestigious Logan Fellowship at the Carey Institute in Upstate New York . She is writing an autobiography and carving a post-colonial chess set in response to the Lewis pieces in the British Museum, and her interests include long-distance running, art, music and reading. Joanne is a research associate at the University of Auckland and an English teacher at Avondale College. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with her partner and three cats. Ngaio Marsh. The Empress of Crime's life was the ultimate detective story – revealed for the first time in this forthright and perceptive biography. While Ngaio Marsh had a flamboyant public persona, she was fiercely protective of her private life. And no one knows better how to cover tracks with red herrings and remove incriminating evidence than a crime fiction writer… This fascinating biography of Ngaio Marsh pieces together both the public and private Marsh in a way that is as riveting as a crime novel. Through her writing and her theatre work, Joanne Drayton assembles the pieces to the puzzle that is Marsh, proving that life can be as thrilling as fiction. Marsh wrote her first detective novel in a London flat in the depths of the 1930s Depression, bringing life to Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn in her first book, A Man Lay Dead. Through 32 novels he would establish himself as one of the great super-sleuths, and Marsh as one of the four Queens of Golden Age detective fiction, alongside Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers and Margery Allingham. In 1932, a family tragedy brought Marsh home to New Zealand, to a life divided - between hemispheres, between passionate relationships at home and abroad, and between the world of publishing and her life as a stage director. In 1949 her writing would earn her the ultimate distinction when Penguin and Collins released the 'Marsh Million': 100,000 copies each of ten of her titles on to the world market. The popular appetite for classic whodunits was insatiable and Ngaio Marsh was one of the best. But her greatest love was the stage - or was it? About the author. Dame Ngaio Marsh was born in New Zealand in 1895 and died in February 1982. She wrote over 30 detective novels and many of her stories have theatrical settings, for Ngaio Marsh’s real passion was the theatre. She was both actress and producer and almost single-handedly revived the New Zealand public’s interest in the theatre. It was for this work that she received what she called her ‘damery’ in 1966. Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime by Joanne Drayton. Otago University Press, 18 October 2018 - 292 pages. Hudson & Halls: The Food of love is more than a love story. It is a tale of two New Zealand television chefs who helped change the bad attitudes of a nation in the 1970s and 80s to that unspoken thing -- homosexuality. Peter Hudson and David Halls became reluctant role models for a 'don't ask, don't tell' generation of gay men and women who lived by omission. They were also captains of a culinary revolution that saw the overthrow of Aunt Daisy and the beginning of Pacific-rich, Asian-styled international cuisine. Their drinking, bitching and bickering on screen, their spontaneous unchoreographed movements across the stage broke taboos and melted formalities. They captivated an unlikely bunch of viewers from middle-aged matrons to bush-shirted blokes. Hudson and Halls were pioneers of celebrity television who rocketed to stardom on untrained talent and a dream. In this fast-paced and meticulously researched book, New York Times-bestselling author Joanne Drayton celebrates the legacy of this unforgettable duo. Ngaio Marsh Crime by Joanne Drayton. Paperback. Condition: GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. 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Used - Softcover Condition: UsedAcceptable. Condition: UsedAcceptable. book. Ngaio Marsh: Her Life in Crime. DRAYTON, JOANNE. Published by HarperCollins 2008, 2008. Used - Hardcover. Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost. Ngaio Marsh: her life in crime. DRAYTON, Joanne. Published by HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand), 2008. Used - Hardcover Condition: Used - Good. Condition: Used - Good. 1st edition. Picture of Ngaio glued to front free end paper, with picture of dust jacket of 'Surfeit on Lampreys' on verso; press cutting in colour of Patrick Malahide as Inspector Alleyn on verso of half-title page. Glue-stain & minor surface loss on front free end paper; text clean in firm binding; ribbon page marker present; dust jacket bright. Short article by Marsh 'Portrait of Troy' loosely inserted. Ngaio Marsh: her life in crime. DRAYTON, Joanne. Published by HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand), Auckland, 2008. Used - Hardcover Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Feels unread with only the tiniest hint of shelf wear. One of the celebrated 1930s and 40s Queens of Crime' Ngaio Marsh was probably our first million copy author. Her tightly written, stylish whodunits were perennial favorites, rating alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers. She was also seriously in love with the theatre, and her triumphant return to New Zealand to establish the Court Theatre in Christchurch saw her feted and honored with the title dame of the British Empire. With her coterie of 'luvvies' the handsome gay boys who were a part of her entourage and her proteges in many fields of the arts, and her impeccable landed gentry upbringing, Dame Ngaio dominated the News Zealand performing arts scene for many years before her death. A biography was produced to no great acclaim, and it was a tedious hagiography of Dame Ngaio the woman of stature. Dr Jo Drayton, award winning art historian and writer was awarded the Alexander Turnbull fellowship for 2007 and has used the time to complete the research and writing of this her most exciting book to date.