Wednesday, September 9, 2026

It's always that time in our home:


It's book o'clock somewhere.


Mary Lee Settle, on writing:

 

I start with a question.
Then try to answer it.
- Mary Lee Settle.

Recommended reading - The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction:

The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction

by Deane Mansfield-Kelley and Lois A. Marchino.

 

Paperback.

Published by Pearson.

Published in 2004.

 

ISBN 13: 9780321195012

ISBN 10: 0321195019

 

Description:

A detective fiction anthology filled with award winning short stories, information on the authors who wrote them, discussion about the history and evolution of the genre, and important literary criticism.


Born on this day – Mary Hunter Austin:

 

Mary Hunter Austin


Writer

September 9, 1868 – August 13, 1934

Credits:

California, Land of the Sun (1914); Earth Horizon: An Autobiography (1932); Earth Horizon: An Autobiography (1934); Everyman's Genius (1925); Fire (1912); Isidro (1905); Lost Borders (1909); One Smoke Stories (1934); Out-land (1910); Starry Adventure (1931); Taos Pueblo (1930); The American Rhythm: Studies and Re-expressions of American Songs (1923); The Arrow Maker (1911); The Flock (1906); The Ford (1917); The Land of Little Rain (1903); The Man Jesus (1925); The Man Who Didn't Believe in Christmas (1916); Woman of Genius (1912).

Born on this day – Marguerite Snow:


Marguerite Snow


Actress

September 9, 1889 – February 17, 1958

Credits:

A Corner in Cotton (1916); A Dog of Flanders (1914); A Doll's House (1911); A Militant Suffragette (1912); A Niagara Honeymoon (1912); A Romance of the U.S.N. (1912); A Six Cylinder Elopement (1912); A Woman's Loyalty (1914); Back to Nature (1911); Baseball and Bloomers (1911); Brains vs. Brawn (1912); Broadway Jones (1917); But the Greatest of These Is Charity (1912); Carmen (1913); Chalk Marks (1924); Count Ivan and the Waitress (1911); Cross Your Heart (1912); Cupid the Conqueror (1911); Daughter of Kings (1915); Dora Thorne (1912); Dottie's New Doll (1912); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912); East Lynne (1912); Felix O'Day (1920); Flying to Fortune (1912); For Her Boy's Sake (1913); For Sale -- A Life (1912); From Wash to Washington (1914); Get Rich Quick (1911); Good Morning, Judge (1913); Her Darkest Hour (1912); Her Fireman (1913); Her Great Triumph (1916); Her Neighbor (1913); His Guardian Auto (1915); His Heroine (1913); His Younger Brother (1911); In a Garden (1912); In His Brother's Place (1919); In the Chorus (1911); Into the Desert (1912); Jess (1912); Jilted (1912); Joseph in the Land of Egypt (1914); Kit Carson Over the Great Divide (1925); Lavender and Old Lace (1921); Letters of a Lifetime (1912); Little Old New York (1911); Lorna Doone (1911); Love's Miracle (1912); Lucile (1912); Mission of the War Chest (1918); Motoring (1911); My Baby's Voice (1912); Napoleon's Luck Stone (1913); Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph (1916); Nursie and the Knight (1912); Pa's Medicine (1912); Peggy's Invitation (1913); Put Yourself in His Place (1912); Rejuvenation (1912); Rosemary (1915); Rouge and Riches (1920); Savages of the Sea (1925); She (1911); Tannhäuser (1913); The Angel in the Mask (1915); The Buddhist Priestess (1911); The Caged Bird (1913); The Dancer (1914); The Dog in the Baggage Car (1913); The Dove in the Eagle's Nest (1913); The Eagle's Eye (1918); The Faded Flower (1916); The First Law (1918); The Five Rose Sisters (1911); The Forest Rose (1912); The Girl Detective's Ruse (1913); The Girl of the Cabaret (1913); The Girl of the Grove (1912); The Great Shadow (1920); The Half Million Bribe (1916); The Head of the Ribbon Counter (1913); The Heart of the Princess Marsari (1915); The Honeymooners (1911); The Hunting of the Hawk (1917); The Idol of the Hour (1913); The Lady from the Sea (1911); The Little Girl Next Door (1912); The Marble Heart (1913); The Marble Heart (1916); The Marriage Trap (1918); The Million Dollar Mystery (1914); The Missing Heir (1911); The Moth (1911); The Old Curiosity Shop (1911); The Other Half (1912); The Patriot and the Spy (1915); The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1911); The Pillars of Society (1911); The Railroad Builder (1911); The Repeater (1912); The Ring of a Spanish Grandee (1912); The Romance of Lonely Island (1911); The Saleslady (1912); The Second in Command (1915); The Silent Voice (1915); The Slave Mart (1917); The Stepmother (1911); The Tempter and Dan Cupid (1911); The Tiniest of Stars (1913); The Tomboy (1911); The Top of New York (1913); The Upstart (1916); The Veiled Woman (1922); The Warning (1912); The Woman in Room 13 (1920); The Woman in White (1912); The Woman Who Did Not Care (1913); Their Best Friend (1914); Their Burglar (1911); Under Two Flags (1912); Undine (1912); When Dreams Come True (1913); When Ghost Meets Ghost (1913); When the Studio Burned (1913); While Baby Slept (1913); Whom God Hath Joined (1912); Young Lochinvar (1911); Zudora (1914).

Born on this day – Cliff Robertson:


Cliff Robertson


Actor

September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011

Credits:

1968: A Crack in Time (1978); 633 Squadron (1964); 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982); 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2012); 13th Child (2002); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974); ABC Stage 67 (1967); ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978); Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alcoa Theatre (1959); All in a Night's Work (1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951–1955); As the Sea Rages (1959); Assignment Berlin (1998); Autumn Leaves (1956); Batman (1966–1968); Battle of the Coral Sea (1959); Ben Casey (1962); Biography (1995); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1967); Bracken's World (1969); Brainstorm (1983); Breaking Point (1964); Bus Stop (1962); Campbell Playhouse (1952); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Charly (1968); Class (1983); Corvette K-225 (1943); Dazzle (1995); Dead Reckoning (1990); Dominique (1979); Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story (1986); Escape from L.A. (1996); Faith Is a Nine-Letter Word (1952); Falcon Crest (1983–1984); Falcon Down (2001); Family Tree (1999); Film '77 (1977); Film Night (1972); Ford: The Man and the Machine (1987); Fraternity Row (1977); General Electric Theater (1961); Gidget (1959); Golden Showcase (1962); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); J W Coop (1971); Kraft Mystery Theatre (1957); Kraft Mystery Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951); Kraft Mystery Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956–1961); Lincoln (1992); Lincoln: Trial by Fire (1974); Love Has Many Faces (1965); Lux Video Theatre (1950); Mach 2 (2000); Malone (1987); Man on a Swing (1974); Masquerade (1965); Midway (1976); Modern Romances (1954); My Father's House (1975); My Six Loves (1963); Obsession (1976); Out of Season (1975); Outlaws (1960–1962); Overboard (1978); Picnic (1955); Playhouse 90 (1958–1960); PT 109 (1963); Race (1998); Renaissance Man (1994); Return to Earth (1976); Riding the Bullet (2004); Riverboat (1960); Robert Montgomery Presents (1952–1954); Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers (1953–1954); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1969); Shaker Run (1985); Shoot (1976); Short Short Dramas (1952); Spider-Man (2002); Spider-Man 2 (2004); Spider-Man 3 (2007); Star 80 (1983); Sunday in New York (1963); Suspense (1964); TCM Remembers (2011); Ten Thousand Words (1952); The American Revolution (1994); The Best Man (1964); The Big Show (1961); The Devil's Brigade (1968); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Girl Most Likely (1957); The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972); The Greatest Show on Earth (1963); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967); The Honey Pot (1967); The Interns (1962); The Key to Rebecca (1985); The Little Prince (1979); The Lyon's Den (2003); The Man Without a Country (1973); The Naked and the Dead (1958); The Outer Limits (1963 / 1999); The Pilot (1980); The Sunset Boys (1995); The Sunshine Patriot (1968); The Twilight Zone (1961–1962); The Untouchables (1959); The Yanks Are Coming (1974); Three Days of the Condor (1975); Too Late the Hero (1970); Two of a Kind (1982); Underworld U.S.A. (1961); Up from the Beach (1965); Wagon Train (1958); Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); We've Never Been Licked (1943); Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991); Wind (1992).

Born on this day – Jane Greer:


Jane Greer


Actress

September 9, 1924 – August 24, 2001