Biography
Ellis Peters is the pseudonym used by Edith Mary Pargeter.
Edith Mary Pargeter, BEM (September 28, 1913 in Horsehay, Shropshire, England –October 14, 1995) was a prolific author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics; she is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern. Born in the village of Horsehay (Shropshire, England), she had Welsh ancestry, and many of her short stories and books (both fictional and non-fictional) were set in Wales and its borderlands.
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During World War II, she worked in an administrative role in the Women's Royal Naval Service, and received the British Empire Medal - BEM.
She is most famous for the Brother Cadfael Series of novels.
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