Helen Reilly (April 25, 1891 – January 11, 1962), was an American mystery writer known for a series of novels featuring Inspector Christopher McKee, head of the fictitious Manhattan Homicide Squad. She wrote mostly under her own name but also under the pseudonym Kieran Abbey.[1] A member of the Mystery Writers of America, she served as its president in 1953.[2]

Born Helen Kieran in New York City in 1891, she attended Hunter College, graduating in 1914.[2] In that same year, she married Paul Reilly, an artist.[1] Two of their four daughters, Ursula Curtiss and Mary McMullen, also became published mystery writers.[3]

Reilly died on January 11, 1962, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1944.[2]

Bibliography

Inspector McKee series

Other mysteries

As Kieran Abbey

References

  1. ^ a b Bakerman, Jane S. (1980). "Reilly, Helen". In John M. Reilly (ed.). Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers. Macmillan. pp. 1251–54.
  2. ^ a b c "Helen Reilly". Contemporary Authors Online. Gale. 2002. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  3. ^ Bakerman, Jane S. (1980). "McMullen, Mary". In John M. Reilly (ed.). Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers. Macmillan. pp. 1059–60.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Reilly
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