Helen Eustis (1916-2015) was an American mystery writer and translator. She was born in Cincinnati. She studied art at Smith College and was awarded the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award in 1947 for her novel, The Horizontal Man. Partial bibliography Novels The Horizontal Man (1946) The Fool Killer (1954) Short stories The Captains and the Kings Depart (1949) "The Rider on a Pale Horse" (1950), later republished as "Mr. Death and the Redheaded Woman" in Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow References 2015 deaths 20th-century American novelists 1916 births 20th-century American women writers American women novelists American mystery writers Women mystery writers Writers from Cincinnati Novelists from Ohio 20th-century American translators Smith College alumni Edgar Award winners 21st-century American women