Quote of the day
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
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)