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American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie. Best remembered for her mystery books, The Circular Staircase (1908), The man in Lower Ten (1906) and her humorous books of the character Tish. She also created a costumed super-criminal called "the Bat", cited by Bob Kane as one of the inspirations for his "Batman." — Excerpted from Mary Roberts Rinehart on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Pen names: Mary Rinehart
Works
(Incomplete list)
Novels and plays
- The Man in Lower Ten (1906)
- The Double Life (play, 1906)
- The Mystery of 1122 (1909)
- Seven Days (Broadway comedy, with Avery Hopwood, 1909)
- The Window at the White Cat (1910) revision of The Mystery of 1122 Project Gutenberg
- When A Man Marries, or Seven Days (1910) novel based on the play Seven Days Project Gutenberg
- Where There's a Will (1912) Project Gutenberg
- Cheer Up (play, 1912)
- The Case of Jennie Brice (1913) Project Gutenberg
- The Street of Seven Stars (1914) Project Gutenberg
- The After House: A Story of Love, Mystery and a Private Yacht (1914) Project Gutenberg
- K. (1915) Project Gutenberg
- Bab, a Sub-Deb (1916) Project Gutenberg
- Long Live the King! (1917) Project Gutenberg
- The Amazing Interlude (1918) Project Gutenberg
- Twenty-Three and a Half Hours' Leave (1918)
- Dangerous Days (1919) Project Gutenberg
- Tumble In (play, 1919) musical version of Seven Days
- Oh Well You Know How Women Are - Isn't That Just Like a Man (1920) Irvin S. Cobb & Mary Rinehart (external scan)
- A Poor Wise Man (1920) Project Gutenberg
- The Truce of God (1920) Project Gutenberg
- Spanish Love (play, with Avery Hopwood, 1920)
- The Confession (1921) Project Gutenberg
- The Breaking Point (1922) (external scan) Project Gutenberg
Series
Miss Cornelia Van Gorder
- The Circular Staircase (1908)
- The Bat (play, with Avery Hopwood, 1920) based on "The Circular Staircase"
- The Bat (novel, 1920), with Avery Hopwood based on the play "The Bat"
Letitia (Tish) Carberry
- The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry (1911) (external scan)
- Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions (1916) (transcription project)
- Mind over Motor (1912)
- Like a Wolf on the Fold
- The Simple Lifers
- Tish's Spy
- My Country Tish of Thee—
- More Tish (1921)
- The Cave on Thunder Cloud (1912)
- Tish Does Her Bit (?)
- Salvage (1919)
- The Book of Tish (1926)
- Tish Plays the Game (1926)
- Tish Marches On (1937)
Hilda Adams
- The Buckled Bag (1914)
- Locked Doors (1914)
- Miss Pinkerton (1932)
- Haunted Lady (1942)
- The Secret (1950)
Short story collections
- Love Stories (1919)
- Twenty-Two — Jane — In the Pavilion — God's Fool — The Miracle — "Are We Downhearted? No!" — The Game
- Affinities: and Other Stories (1920) Project Gutenberg
- Sight Unseen (1921) Project Gutenberg
Works from magazines
- "At the Foot of the Hill" (1906 Munsey's) ss
- "The Broken Quarantine" (1906 Munsey's) ss
- "I Go a Playing" (1909 Munsey's) ss
- "A Lion Rampant" (1909 Munsey's) ss
- The Papered Door ss
- "The Striking Storks" (1906 Munsey's) verse
- The Valley of Oblivion (1908 Los Angeles Herald) ss
Non-fiction Travelogues, etc.
- Through Glacier Park in 1915, or Seeing America First with Howard Eaton, (illustrated, 1915) Project Gutenberg
- Tenting Tonight: A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and Cascade Mountains (1918) Project Gutenberg
- The Out Trail (1923)
- Why I Believe in Scouting for Girls Project Gutenberg
Autobiography
- Kings, Queens, and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front (1915) Project Gutenberg
- My Story (1931, revised 1948)
Films: Information on films for which she wrote the scripts, or which were based on her stories, can be found at [imdb.com]
Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1927.
The author died in 1958, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 60 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.