Barbara Mertz, on writing:

Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds:

the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.

- Barbara Mertz.

Born on this day – Barbara Mertz:

Barbara Mertz

Writer

September 29, 1927 – August 8, 2013

Credits:

Books:

A Gothic Treasure Trove (1987); A River in the Sky (2010); Amelia Peabody Omnibus (2012); Amelia Peabody's Egypt (2003); Ammie, Come Home (1968); AZ Murder Goes... Artful (1997); Be Buried in the Rain (1985); Black Rainbow (1982); Borrower of the Night (1973); Children of the Storm (2003); Crocodile on the Sandbank (1975); Devil May Care (1977); Die for Love (1984); Greygallows (1972); Guardian of the Horizon (2004); He Shall Thunder in the Sky (2000); Here I Stay (1983); Historical Whodunits (1993); House of Many Shadows (1974); Houses of Stone (1993); Into the Darkness (1990); Legend in Green Velvet (1976); Lion in the Valley (1986); Lord of the Silent (2001); Malice Domestic 1 (1992); Malice Domestic 14 (2019); Malice Domestic 2 (1993); More Malice Domestic (1997); Naked Once More (1989); Night Train to Memphis (1994); Other Worlds (1999); Patriot's Dream (1976); Prince of Darkness (1969); Red Land, Black Land (1967); Search the Shadows (1987); Seeing a Large Cat (1997); Shattered Silk (1986); Silhouette in Scarlet (1983); Smoke and Mirrors (1989); Someone in the House (1981); Sons of the Wolf (1967); Stitches in Time (1995); Street of the Five Moons (1978); Summer of the Dragon (1979); Tales of the Uncanny (1983); Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs (1964); The Ape Who Guards the Balance (1998); The Camelot Caper (1969); The Copenhagen Connection (1982); The Crying Child (1971); The Curse of the Pharaohs (1981); The Dancing Floor (1997); The Dark on the Other Side (1970); The Dead Sea Cipher (1970); The Deeds of the Disturber (1988); The Falcon at the Portal (1999); The Golden One (2002); The Grey Beginning (1984); The Hippopotamus Pool (1996); The Jackal's Head (1968); The Last Camel Died at Noon (1991); The Laughter of Dead Kings (2008); The Locked Tomb Mystery: And Other Stories (2018); The Love Talker (1980); The Master of Blacktower (1966); The Mummy Case (1985); The Murders of Richard III (1974); The Night of Four Hundred Rabbits (1971); The Painted Queen (2014); The Sea King's Daughter (1975); The Serpent on the Crown (2005); The Seventh Sinner (1972); The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (1992); The Walker in Shadows (1979); The Wizard's Daughter (1980); Tomb of the Golden Bird (2006); Trojan Gold (1987); Vanish with the Rose (1992); Wait for What Will Come (1978); Wings of the Falcon (1977); Witch (1973).

Barbara Mertz, on writing:

 The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.

- Barbara Mertz.