Helen MacInnes

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Helen MacInnes

21 books1 series

Helen MacInnes was a Scottish-American author of espionage novels. She graduated from the University of Glasgow in Scotland in 1928 with a degree in French and German. A librarian, she married Professor Gilbert Highet in 1932 and moved with her husband to New York in 1937 so he could teach classics…

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Helen MacInnes was a Scottish-American author of espionage novels. She graduated from the University of Glasgow in Scotland in 1928 with a degree in French and German. A librarian, she married Professor Gilbert Highet in 1932 and moved with her husband to New York in 1937 so he could teach classics at Columbia University. She wrote her first novel, Above Suspicion, in 1939. She wrote many bestselling suspense novels and became an American citizen in 1951.



AUTHOR CAREER

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1941–198421 cataloged publications

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THE AUTHOR’S WRITING

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Other21 (100%)

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Mystery21 / 21 books
Thriller21 / 21 books
Spy Thriller19 / 21 books
Adventure17 / 21 books
Historical Fiction10 / 21 books
Romance9 / 21 books
War & Military4 / 21 books
Crime Fiction3 / 21 books

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