Author:Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
(1889–1955)

American novelist and short story writer. Best remembered for fiction in the hardboiled subgenre of detective novels (1929 on). Raymond Chandler said she was "the top suspense writer of them all.

Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

Works

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Adult

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Romances

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Detective stories

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  • Miasma (1929)
  • Dark Power (1930)

Individual stories

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Longer works


  • Whos' Afraid? (p. 167). Stark House Press.
  • Patrick on the Mountain (The Smart Set, July 1920)
  • The Foreign Woman (Munsey’s, July 1922)
  • Hanging’s Too Good for Him (Munsey’s, Sept 1922)
  • Like a Leopard (Munsey’s, Nov 1922)
  • Lost Luck (The Bookman, Dec 1922)
  • The Girl He Picked Up at Coney (Metropolitan Magazine, Feb/Mar 1923)
  • It Seemed Reasonable (Munsey’s, Apr 1923)
  • Old Dog Tray (Munsey’s, May 1923)
  • The Matador (Munsey’s, June 1923)
  • A Hesitating Cinderella (Munsey’s, July 1923)
  • With Unbowed Head (The Century Magazine, Aug 1923)
  • This is Life (The Nation, Aug 15 1923)
  • Nickie and Pem (Munsey’s, Feb 1924)
  • His Remarkable Future (Munsey’s, Apr 1924)
  • His Own People (Munsey’s, July 1924)
  • Who Is This Impossible Person? (Munsey’s, Aug 1924)
  • Ye Gods and Little Fishes (The American Magazine, Aug 1924)
  • Mr. Martin Swallows the Anchor (Munsey’s, Sept 1924)
  • Too French (Munsey’s, Jan 1925)
  • Flowers for Miss Riordan (Munsey’s, May 1925)
  • The Long Night (Ladies Home Journal, Sept 1925)
  • The Wonderful Little Woman (Munsey’s, Sept 1925)
  • As Patrick Henry Said (Munsey’s, Oct 1925)
  • As Is (Munsey’s, Dec 1925)
  • Rosalie Gets Out of the Cage (The American Magazine, Feb 1926)
  • Dogs Always Know (Munsey’s, Mar 1926)
  • Highfalutin’ (Munsey’s, Apr 1926)
  • Bonnie Wee Thing (Munsey’s, May 1926)
  • Vanity (Munsey’s, Jun 1926)
  • The Compromising Letter (Munsey’s, July 1926)
  • Miss Cigale (Munsey’s, Aug 1926)
  • Blotted Out (Munsey’s, Sept 1926)
  • Human Nature Unmasked (Munsey’s, Oct 1926)
  • The Grateful Lunella (The American Magazine, May 1927)
  • The Old Ways (Munsey’s, July 1927)
  • By the Light of Day (Munsey’s, Aug 1927)
  • For Granted (Munsey’s, Nov 1927)
  • Incompatibility (Munsey’s, Dec 1927)
  • One Misty Night, (The American Magazine, Feb 1928)
  • Half an Hour Late (Woman’s Home Companion, Mar 1928)
  • This Road Is Closed (The American Magazine, Apr 1928)
  • It Is a Two-Edged Sword (McCall’s, June 1928)
  • Too Late (Liberty, July 21 1928)
  • Outside the Door (The Elks Magazine, Oct 1928)
  • Hard as Nails (Liberty, Oct 20 1928)
  • Important Things (Liberty, Nov 17 1928)
  • A Dinner Date (The American Magazine, Jan 1929)
  • Vera’s Superior Smile (Pictorial Review, Jan 1929)
  • Saving Up (Liberty, Jan 5 1929)
  • Flow and Ebb (Liberty, Jan 26 1929)
  • Without Benefit of Police (Complete Stories, Feb 1929)
  • The Sin of Angels (The American Magazine, Apr 1929)
  • Dare-Devil (The American Magazine, June 1929)
  • Little Deeds of Kindness (Liberty, July 6 1929)
  • Broken Faith (The American Magazine, Oct 1929; Cassell’s Magazine of Fiction, July 1930)
  • Carline (Liberty, Oct 12, 1929)
  • Rose-Leaves (Liberty, Jan 18 1930)
  • The Chain of Death (Liberty, May 24, May 31, Jun 7, Jun 14, Jun 21 1930)

Children's stories

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  • Miss Kelly (1947)

 

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.


This author died in 1955, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 68 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

 

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