Gladys Mitchell

Gladys Maude Winifred Mitchell (1901-1983) was an English crime writer, born in Cowley, Oxford. She is best known for Mrs Bradley, a psychoanalyst and amateur detective who appears in 66 novels beginning with Speedy Death (1929). She also wrote historical adventure novels as Stephen Hockaby and mysteries as Malcolm Torrie, and published children's books under her own name. An early member of the Detection Club, she was also a member of the Crime Writers' Association, and her reputation faded after her death.