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British mystery novelist best known for her Albert Campion mystery-thrillers. Born Margery Louise Allingham in London, England, in 1904; died in 1966; daughter of Herbert and Emily Jane (Hughes) Allingham; educated at Perse High School, Cambridge; married Philip Youngman Carter (an artist), in 1927.

Margery Allingham was born into a British family of writers: her grandfather was the owner of a religious newspaper, and her father Herbert (known as H.J.

Allingham) wrote a popular weekly serial. Following their example, Margery began writing at an early age. Her father assigned her a plot, then helped her edit and revise the piece, sometimes for up to a year, before he considered the story finished.

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As a result, when Margery was eight her first paid piece appeared in a magazine her aunt edited. Allingham attended the Perse School in Cambridge, where she focused on drama, as well as the Regent Street Polytechnic. Leaving school at 15, she wrote fict