Marianne Macdonald

Marianne Macdonald
Occupation	Novelist
Period	20th century
Genres	Mystery

Marianne Macdonald (born July 9, 1934 in Kenora, Ontario) is a Canadian children's books author and novelist best known for her mystery series featuring London antiques bookstore owner and amateur investigator Dido Hoare.

Main themes of the Dido Hoare novels are responsibility and trust, the struggles of a single working mother and a complex and troubled father-daughter relationship.

Work

Dido Hoare Series

• Death's Autograph (1996)
• Ghost Walk (1997)
• Smoke Screen (1999)
• Road Kill (2000)
• Blood Lies (2001)
• Die Once (2002)
• Three Monkeys (2005)
• Faking It (2006)

Children's Books

• Black Base Rock (1952)
• The Pirate Queen (1991)
• The Eighty-Nine Pennies of Emma Jones (1992)
• The Witch Repair (1995)
• Dragon for Sale (1998)

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Name	Macdonald, Marianne
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Date of birth	July 9, 1934
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External links

• Dido Hoare Series Website