Marian Babson was the pseudonym of American mystery writer Ruth Marian Stenstreem, born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1929. She died in 2017. She lived most her life in London, England. Babson's books are usually under two hundred pages and often involve cats. Her publisher's tagline for her is "Murder Most British". She was awarded the Crime Writers' Association "Dagger in the Library" award in 1996 for her body of work. She is also an Agatha Award winner. Bibliography Cover Up Story, 1971 Murder at the Cat Show, 1972. Also released as Murder on Show. Pretty Lady, 1973 The Stalking Lamb, 1974 Unfair Exchange, 1974 Murder Sails at Midnight, 1975 There Must be Some Mistake, 1975 Untimely Guest, 1976 The Lord Mayor of Death, 1977 Murder, Murder, Little Star, 1977 Tightrope for Three, 1978 So Soon Done For, 1979 The Twelve Deaths of Christmas, 1979 Dangerous to Know, 1980 Queue Here for Murder, 1980. Also released as Line Up For Murder. Bejewelled Death, 1981 Death Beside the Seaside, 1982. Also released as Dead Beside the Sea. Death Warmed Up, 1982 A Fool for Murder, 1983 The Cruise of a Death Time, 1983 A Trail of Ashes, 1984. Also released as Whiskers and Smoke. Death Swap, 1984. Also released as Paws for Alarm. Death in Fashion, 1985 Weekend for Murder, 1985. Also released as Murder on a Mystery Tour. Reel Murder, 1986 Fatal Fortune, 1987 Guilty Party, 1988 Encore Murder, 1989 Tourists are for Trapping, 1989 Past Regret, 1990 In the Teeth of Adversity, 1990 Shadows in Their Blood, 1991 Nine Lives to Murder, 1992 Even Yuppies Die, 1993 The Diamond Cat, 1994 Break a Leg, Darlings, 1995 Canapes for the Kitties, 1996 The Company of Cats, 1999. Also released as The Multiple Cat. To Catch a Cat, 2000. Also released as A Tealeaf in the Mouse. Deadly Deceit, 2001. Also released as The Cat Next Door. The Cat Next Door, 2002. Not Quite a Geisha, 2003. Also released as The Cat Who Wasn't A Dog. Retreat from Murder, 2004. Also released as Please Do Feed the Cat. Only the Cat Knows, 2005 No Cooperation from the Cat, 2012 References External links 1929 births 2017 deaths Writers from Salem, Massachusetts British crime fiction writers Agatha Award winners Women mystery writers British women novelists 20th-century British novelists 20th-century British women writers 21st-century British novelists 21st-century British women writers Writers from London American emigrants