Mary Roberts Rinehart Avery author biography, plus links to books by Mary Roberts Rinehart Avery.

Mary Roberts Rinehart Avery

Mysteries of the well-known American writer Mary Roberts Rinehart include The Circular Staircase (1908) and The Door (1930).  

People often called this prolific author the American version of Agatha Christie . She is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it," though the exact phrase doesn't appear in her works, and she invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing.  

Rinehart wrote hundreds of short stories, poems, travelogues, and special articles. Many of her books and plays were adapted for movies, such as The Bat (1926), The Bat Whispers (1930), and The Bat (1959). Critics most appreciated her murder mysteries.  

This biography was last updated on 03/01/1995.

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