Awards & Winners

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Date of Birth 12-August-1876
Place of Birth Allegheny
(Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Mary Roberts
Profession Writer, Novelist, Playwright
Mary Roberts Rinehart was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie, although her first mystery novel was published 14 years before Christie's. She is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it", although she did not actually use the phrase. She is considered to have invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing. She also created a costumed supercriminal called "the Bat", who was cited by Bob Kane as one of the inspirations for his "Batman."

Awards by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Check all the awards nominated and won by Mary Roberts Rinehart.

1954


Special Edgars Award
Honored for : The Frightened Wife