Female : Novelist & Playwright. Daughter of Herbert John Allingham. Married the Artist Philip Youngman Carter (died 1970) in 1927 and he illustrated the dustjackets of many of her books. He was also her literary adviser and unofficial collaborator. Creator of Mr Albert Campion & Magersfontein Lugg. She died of cancer

Nationality : English Place of Birth : Ealing, London

Date of Birth : 1904 Date of Death : 1966 Age : 62

Pseudonyms : Maxwell March

Education : Perse HS, Cambridge & Regent St Polytechnic Sch of Speech & Drama

1923-1930
Blackkerchief Dick (nd. 1923 Hodder & Stoughton) (in US as "Black'erchief Dick" 1923 Doubleday)
Water in a Sieve (1925 French Pb) - Play
The White Cottage Mystery (1928 Jarrolds)
The Crime at Black Dudley (1929 Jarrolds) (1929 Doubleday as "The Black Dudley Murder")
Mystery Mile (1930 Jarrolds) (1930 Doubleday)

1931-1940
Look to the Lady (1931 Jarrolds) (1931 Doubleday as "The Gyrth Chalice Mystery")
Police at the Funeral (1931 Heinemann) (1932 Doubleday)
Sweet Danger (1933 Heinemann(1933 Doubleday as "Kingdom of Death")
Other Man's Death (1933 Collins) - as Maxwell March
(In US as "The Man of Dangerous Secrets" 1933 Doubleday)
Death of a Ghost (1934 Heinemann) (1934 Doubleday)
The Rogues Holiday (1935 Collins) - as Maxwell March (1935 Doubleday)
Flowers for the Judge (1936 Heinemann) (1936 Doubleday)
(1949 Mercury, NY as "Legacy in Blood")
Mr Campion, Criminologist (1936 Doubleday)
The Shadow in the House (1936 Collins) (1936 Doubleday) - as Maxwell March
Dancers in Mourning (1937 Heinemann) (1937 Doubleday)
The Case of the Late Pig (1937 Hodder & Stoughton Pb)
The Fashion in Shrouds (1938 Heinemann) (1938 Doubleday)
Mr Campion and Others (1939 Heinemann) (1937 Doubleday as "Mr Campion, Criminologist")
Black Plumes (1940 Heinemann) (1940 Doubleday)

1941-1950
Traitor's Purse (1941 Heinemann) (1941 Doubleday)
The Oaken Heart (1941 Michael Joseph) (1941 Doubleday)
Dance of the Years (1943 Michael Joseph) (in US as "The Galantrys")
Coroner's Pidgin (1945 Heinemann) (1945 Doubleday as "Pearls Before Swine")
The Case Book of Mr Campion (1947 Spivak, NY)
More Work for the Undertaker (1948 Heinemann) (1949 Doubleday)
Wanted - Someone Innocent (1946 Stamford House, US Pb)
Take Two at Bedtime : Two Novellas (1949 Doubleday as "Deadly Duo") (1950 World's Work)

1951-1960
The Tiger in the Smoke (1952 Chatto & Windus) (1952 Doubleday)
[Filmed in 1956]
No Love Lost : Two Novellas (1954 World's Work) (1954 Doubleday)
The Beckoning Lady (1955 Chatto & Windus 11/6)
(1955 Doubleday as "The Estate of the Beckoning Lady")
Hide My Eyes (1958 C & W) (1958 Doubleday as "Tether's End")

After 1961
The China Governess (1962 Doubleday) (1963 C & W)
The Mysterious Mr Campion : An Allingham Omnibus (1963 C & W)
The Mind Readers (1965 Morrow) (1965 C & W)
Mr Campion's Lady : An Allingham Omnibus (1965 Chatto & Windus)
Mr Campion's Clowns : An Allingham Omnibus (1967 C & W)
Cargo of Eagles (1968 Chatto & Windus) (1968 Morrow)
[This was completed by Philip Youngman Carter]
The Allingham Casebook (1969 Chatto & Windus) (1969 Morrow)
Mr Campion's Farthing (1969) - By Philip Youngman Carter
Mr Campion's Falcon (1970) - By Philip Youngman Carter
The Allingham Omnibus (1973 Chatto & Windus) (1973 Morrow)
The Return of Mr Campion : Edited by Jack Morpurgo (1989 Hodder & Stoughton) (1990 St Martin's Press) - ss
The Darings of the Red Rose (1995 Crippen & Landru, US Pb)
Room to Let (1999 Crippen & Landru, US Pb) - 247 copies

READING
Richard Martin : Ink in Her Blood - The Life and Crime Fiction of Margery Allingham
(1988 UMI Research Press)
Julia Thorogood : Margery Allingham - A Biography (1991 Heinemann)