- Born: July 6, 1899
- Birthplace: Lincoln, NE
- Died: 1996
The writer of some 50 mystery novels and many short stories, Mignon G. Eberhart received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America, in 1971. She began her mystery career with a series of novels featuring nurse Sarah Keate and police detective Lance O'Leary. Eberhart continued to write at the rate of nearly a book a year for the next several decades. Several of her books were made into movies. Eberhart was also a past president of the Mystery Writers of America.
Most Famous Works
- Patient in Room 18 (1929)
- While the Patient Slept (1930)
- Death in the Fog (1933)
- The House on the Roof (1934)
