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Geraldine Halls (17 December 1919 – 27 October 1996) was an Australian mystery writer and novelist who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Charlotte Jay, Jay being Halls's maiden name. One of the best and most singular authors of the suspense era [citation needed], Halls wrote only nine crime books under the Charlotte Jay pseudonym, but their unorthodoxy earned her a place in mystery novel history [citation needed].

Charlotte Jay
BornGeraldine Mary Jay
(1919-12-17)17 December 1919
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died27 October 1996(1996-10-27) (aged 76)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
OccupationWriter
Notable workBeat Not the Bones

It was under the name Charlotte Jay that Halls wrote most of the crime fiction novels for which she is most well known. She also wrote novels under her married name.


Life


Halls was born as Geraldine Mary Jay in Adelaide, South Australia on the 17 December 1919. She attended Girton School (now Pembroke School) and the University of Adelaide,[1] and worked as a shorthand typist in Australia and England, and as a court stenographer in New Guinea, 1942–1950.[2]

She married Albert Halls, an Oriental specialist, who worked with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Albert Halls dealt in Oriental antiques in England and Australia.[2] Marrying Albert enabled Halls to travel to many exotic locations in which she later included in her books. Only her first novel, The Knife is Feminine, is set in Australia.[1] The other books are set in Pakistan, Japan, Thailand, England, Lebanon, India, Papua New Guinea and the Trobriand Islands.

After a long career in writing, Halls died on 27 October 1996, in her home town of Adelaide.


Awards


Halls's book Beat Not the Bones won the then newly created Edgar Allan Poe Award of the Mystery Writers' Association of America for Best Novel of the Year in 1954.


Adaptations


The crime novel, The Fugitive Eye was adapted for television for a drama series in 1961.[3] The episode starred Charlton Heston and the series was hosted by Fred Astaire.


Works



Charlotte Jay novels



Geraldine Mary Jay novels



Geraldine Halls novels



References


  1. Peter, Moss; Michael J Tolley (1992). A Hank of Hair: Afterword. South Australia: Wakefield Press. pp. 114–120. ISBN 1-86254-289-9.
  2. Adelaide (1988) p. 84
  3. "Alcoa Premier: The Fugitive Eye (1961)". IMDb. Retrieved 6 February 2008.

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