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Helen Eustis

Helen Eustis
BornHelen White Eustis II
December 31, 1916
Cincinnati, Ohio
DiedJanuary 11, 2015
Manhattan, New York
OccupationAuthor and Translator
Notable awardsEdgar Award
SpouseAlfred Young Fisher
ChildrenAdam Eustis Fisher
ParentsHarold Claypool Eustis

Helen White Eustis II[1] (December 31, 1916 – January 11, 2015) was an American mystery writer and translator. She was born in Cincinnati. She studied art at Smith College and was awarded the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award in 1947 for her novel, The Horizontal Man.[2]

Partial bibliography

Novels

  • The Horizontal Man (1946)
  • The Fool Killer (1954)

Short stories

  • The Captains and the Kings Depart, and Other Stories (1949)
  • "The Rider on a Pale Horse" (1950), later republished as "Mr. Death and the Redheaded Woman" in Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow

Translations

  • Christiane Rochefort, Cats Don’t Care For Money (1965)
  • Edmonde Charles-Roux, To Forget Palermo (1968)
  • Georges Simenon, When I Was Old (1971)
  • Didier Decoin, Laurence: A Love Story (1971)
  • Michel Salomon, Prague Notebook: The Strangled Revolution (1971)
  • Romain Gary, The Enchanters (1975)

References

  1. ^ "Helen Eustis". Library of America. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023.
  2. ^ Slotnik, Daniel E. (10 February 2015). "Helen Eustis, Mystery Author and Translator, Dies at 98". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 June 2019.