Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Zelda Popkin

Born: July 5, 1898
Died: May 25, 1983 (aged 84)
Bio: Zelda Popkin was an American author of novels and mystery stories. She created Mary Carner, one of the first professional female private detectives in fiction. Carner was a store detective who appeared in five novels.
Known for:
- A death of innocence (1971)
- Death wears a white gardenia (1938)
- The journey home (1945)
- Time Off for Murder (1940)
- Quiet street (1951)