P. D. James (1920–2014)
Autor de Hijos de hombres
Sobre El Autor
P. D. James, pseudonym of Phyllis Dorothy James White, was born on August 3, 1920 in Oxford, England. During World War II, she served as a Red Cross nurse. She worked in administration for 19 years with the National Health Service. After the death of her husband in 1964, she took a Civil Service mostrar más examination and became an administrator in the forensic science and criminal law divisions of the Department of Home Affairs. She spent 30 years in British Civil Service. She became Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991. Her first novel, Cover Her Face, was published in 1962. She wrote approximately 20 books during her lifetime including the Adam Dalgliesh Mystery series, the Cordelia Gray Mystery series, and Death Comes to Pemberley. She became a full-time writer in 1979. Three titles in the Adam Dalgliesh Mystery series received the Silver Dagger award--Shroud for a Nightingale, The Black Tower, and A Taste for Death. In 2000, she published her autobiography, Time to Be in Earnest. Her dystopian novel, The Children of Men, was adapted into a movie in 2006. She received the Diamond Dagger award for lifetime achievement. She died on November 27, 2014 at the age of 94. (Bowker Author Biography) P. D. James served in the forensic & criminal justice departments of Great Britain's Home Office until her retirement in 1979. She was made a Life Peer in 1991. Her detective novels include "Cover Her Face", "An Unsuitable Job for a Woman", "Death of an Expert Witness", "A Taste for Death", "Original Sin", & "A Certain Justice", many of which have been adapted for television. Her autobiography, "Time to be in Earnest", was published in 2000. (Publisher Provided) mostrar menos
Créditos de la imagen: Photo by Alixe Buckerfield de la Roche, courtesy of Faber Books
Series
Obras de P. D. James
Cubridle el rostro / P. D. James; traducción, María Eugenia Ciocchini (1962) 3,336 copias, 89 reseñas
In Murderous Company (Unnatural Causes / An Unsuitable Job for a Woman / The Black Tower) (1980) 236 copias, 1 reseña
P.D. James: Three Complete Novels (Cover Her Face | A Mind to Murder | Shroud for a Nightingale (1979) 153 copias, 1 reseña
Deadly Pleasures: The Black Tower | Death of an Expert Witness | The Skull Beneath the Skin (1996) 136 copias
Trilogy of Death: Innocent Blood/An Unsuitable Job for a Woman/The Skull Beneath the Skin (1972) 69 copias
Cover Her Face/Shroud for a Nightingale/Skull Beneath the Skin/A Taste for Death (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series 1, 4, 8… (1987) 29 copias, 1 reseña
Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery, A BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatization) (2002) 21 copias, 1 reseña
The Omnibus: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by | Death of an Expert Witness | Innocent Blood (1990) 20 copias, 1 reseña
P.D. James Omnibus (Unnatural Causes / Shroud for a Nightingale / An Unsuitable Job for a Woman) (1967) 12 copias
Trilogy of Death: Death of an Expert Witness/Innocent Blood/The Skull Beneath the Skin (1984) 11 copias
Cordelia Gray Mysteries: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Skull Beneath the Skin (2015) 7 copias
P. D. James's Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries: Cover Her Face, A Mind to Murder, Unnatural Causes, Shroud for a Nightingale,… (2015) 7 copias
The Skull Beneath the Skin: BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation (BBC Radio Collection) (2003) 4 copias
Adam Dalgliesh Chronicles [DVD] 3 copias
P-D James : Tome 3, Un certain goût pour la mort, Par action et par omission, Péché originel, Une certaine justice,… (2003) 3 copias
P. D. James Box Set (The Black Tower, Shroud for a Nightingale, Unnatural Causes, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman) (1975) 3 copias
Murder 1986 2 copias
Sin título 2 copias
A Mind to Murder (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Mystery) by James, P. D. (August 5, 2010) Paperback 2 copias
Omibus 2 copias
Ett Opassande Jobb För En Kvinna 2 copias
Les enquêtes d'Adam Dalgliesh tome 2 mort d' un expert, un certain gout pour la mort, par action et par omission (1990) 2 copias
A proposito del giallo: Autori, personaggi, modelli (Piccola biblioteca oscar Vol. 714) (2013) 2 copias
Cover her face; A mind to murder; Unnatural causes; Shroud for a nightingale; The black tower (1992) 2 copias
Takard el az arcát! 1 copia
The Back Tower 1 copia
O Cadáver sem mãos 1 copia
O Gosto da morte 1 copia
Último Acto 1 copia
A Paciente Misteriosa 1 copia
Intrigas e Desejos 1 copia
Surilina ööbikule 1 copia
Morte no Tribunal 1 copia
Armadilhas e Desejos 1 copia
A Sala do Crime 1 copia
The Mistletoe Murder 1 copia
livro filhos da esperanca 1 copia
A Taste for Death, Part 2 1 copia
Az ember gyermeke 1 copia
Um Gosto por Morte 1 copia
The skull beneath the skin 1 copia
The Lighthouse, The Murder Room 1 copia
HLa Istanza dei delitti 1 copia
Demolition angel 1 copia
Crooked Letter 1 copia
A Very Desirable Residence 1 copia
L'Ispettore Dalgliesh 1 copia
Caminho: Crimes E Desejos 1 copia
Day Of The Dead 1 copia
The locals 1 copia
The private patien 1 copia
Un indizio per Cordelia Gray-Un lavoro inadatto a una donna (titolo originale An unsuitable job for a woman - the skull… (1995) 1 copia
O Cadáver sem Mãos 1 copia
Crimes e Desejos Livro 1 1 copia
O Cadáver sem Mãos Livro 1 1 copia
A Paciente Misteriosa 1 copia
Three Complete Novels 1 copia
La trilogia Dalgliesh: Una mente per uccidere-Un gusto per la morte-Una notte di luna per l'ispettore Dalgliesh (2014) 1 copia
La seconda trilogia Dalgliesh: Copritele il volto-Per cause innaturali-Brividi di morte per l'ispettore Dalgliesh (2015) 1 copia
La mort s'invite à Pemberley 1 copia
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The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist (1995) — Preface, algunas ediciones — 179 copias, 3 reseñas
This Is My Best: Great Writers Share Their Favorite Work (2004) — Contribuidor — 163 copias, 3 reseñas
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1937-1943, From Novelist to Playwright (1997) — Preface, algunas ediciones — 102 copias, 1 reseña
The International Association of Crime Writers Presents Bad Behavior (1995) — Contribuidor — 90 copias
The New Mystery: The International Association of Crime Writers' Essential Crime Writing of the Late 20th Century (1993) — Contribuidor — 62 copias, 1 reseña
The Web She Weaves: An Anthology of Mystery and Suspense Stories by Women (1983) — Contribuidor — 52 copias, 2 reseñas
Great Tours and Detours: The Sophisticated Traveler Series (1985) — Contribuidor — 34 copias, 1 reseña
Ellery Queen's Anthology #30: Masters of Mystery (Fall/Winter 1975) (1975) — Contribuidor — 30 copias
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: Volume Four: 1951-1957: In the Midst of Life (2000) — Preface, algunas ediciones — 20 copias
Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery, Volume 2 (1993) — Contribuidor — 20 copias
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Volume Three. 1944-1950: A Noble Daring (2006) — Prólogo — 16 copias
Tales of Obsession: Mystery Stories of Fatal Attractions and Deadly Desires (1994) — Contribuidor — 16 copias
Newfield Mystery Suspense Collection: Original Sin / Mrs. Pollifax Pursued / Dead, Mr Mozart — Contribuidor — 3 copias
A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley [2013 TV mini series] — Herself — 2 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- James of Holland Park, Phyllis Dorothy, Baroness
White, Phyllis Dorothy (married) - Otros nombres
- Baroness James of Holland Park
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1920-08-03
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2014-11-27
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- GB
- País (para mapa)
- England, UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK (at home)
- Lugares de residencia
- London, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK - Educación
- Cambridge High School for Girls
- Ocupaciones
- novelist
civil servant
magistrate
governor (BBC)
Member of the House of Lords (Conservative) - Organizaciones
- Society of Authors (president|1997-2013)
Arts Council (literary advisory panel chairman)
British Broadcasting Corporation (governor)
British Council (board member)
Downing College, Cambridge (honorary fellow)
Girton College, Cambridge (honorary fellow) (mostrar todos 10)
Prayer Book Society (lay patron)
St Hilda's College, Oxford (honorary fellow)
National Health Service
Department of Home Affairs - Premios y honores
- Cartier Diamond Dagger (1987)
- Agente
- Greene and Heaton
Miembros
Debates
Folio Archives 365: Cover Her Face by P.D.James 2008 en Folio Society Devotees (abril 2)
Reseñas
Hijos De Hobres por P. D. James
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Combe Island, en la costa de Cornualles, antiguo marco de piraterías y comercio de esclavos, propiedad de la familia Holcombe desde el siglo XVI, se ha convertido en un lugar de reposo para personajes de élite. Un paraje idílico al que Adam Dalgliesh, detective-poeta, es reclamado para esclarecer el caso de la muerte de Nathan Oliver, escritor de fama internacional, odiado por el resto de los pocos y distinguidos residentes en la isla sobre la que, además del peligro de más asesinatos, se suma el de un virus que somete al régimen de cuarentena a todos sus habitantes.… (más)
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