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Marianne Macdonald (born July 9, 1934 in Kenora, Ontario) is a Canadian children's books author and novelist best known for her mystery series featuring London antiques bookstore owner and amateur investigator Dido Hoare.

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Marianne Macdonald
Occupation	Novelist
Period	20th century
Genre	Mystery

Main themes of the Dido Hoare novels are responsibility and trust, the struggles of a single working mother and a complex and troubled father-daughter relationship.

Work

Dido Hoare Series

• Death's Autograph (1996)
• Ghost Walk (1997)
• Smoke Screen (1999)
• Road Kill (2000)
• Blood Lies (2001)
• Die Once (2002)
• Three Monkeys (2005)
• Faking It (2006)

Children's Books

• Black Bass Rock (1952)
• Smuggler's Cove (1955)
• The Treasure of Ur (1958)
• The Pirate Queen (1991)
• The Eighty-Nine Pennies of Emma Jones (1992)
• The Witch Repair (1995)
• Dragon for Sale (1998)

Literary Criticism

• The State of Literary Theory Today (ed.) (1982)
• Ezra Pound: Purpose/Form/Meaning (1983)
• Ezra Pound and History (ed.) (1985)

External links

• Dido Hoare Series
• Fine Books & Collections: Bibliomysteries: Marianne MacDonald

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