Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Ethel Lina White

Born: 1876
Died: August 13, 1944 (aged 68)
Bio: Ethel Lina White was a British crime writer, best known for her novel The Wheel Spins, on which the Alfred Hitchcock film, The Lady Vanishes, was based.
Known for:
- The Lady Vanishes (1938)
- The Spiral Staircase
- The Unseen