__NOTOC__ Marty Holland (born Mary Hauenstein, 1919 – 1971) was an American screenwriter and author of pulp novels. Holland began her career as a typist in Hollywood, wrote several short stories for

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s, transitioned to writing novels and screenplays, and ultimately saw two of her works adapted for the screen. Her first novel, ''Fallen Angel'', was published in 1945 and immediately adapted into the 1945 film of the same name directed by

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and starring

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, and

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. In 1946, ''Fallen Angel'' was banned in Ireland because of "indecency or obscenity". In 1946, her second novel, ''The Glass Heart'', was published. While it was optioned by

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with

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attached to adapt the screenplay, the film version was, however, never completed. The film ''

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'' (1950) was adapted by

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from an unpublished story by Holland, directed by

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, and starred

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and

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. Two of Holland's novels were published as part of the French

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: ''Fallen Angel'' was n° 270, published in 1955 as ''Le Resquilleur'', and ''The Glass Heart'' was n° 355, published in 1957 as ''Pas blanc!''. Holland continued to write stories and screenplays and did uncredited writing for TV before dying of cancer in 1971. Following her death, a manuscript of ''Baby Godiva'' was found by her family and published posthumously in 2011.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Fallen Angel'' (1945), also published as ''Blonde Bombshell'' * ''The Glass Heart'' (1946), also published as ''Her Private Passions'' * ''Fast Woman'' (1949) * ''Darling of Paris'' (1949) * ''Baby Godiva'' (2011), published posthumously

Novellas

* ''Terror for Two'' (January 1951 issue of ''Scarab Mystery Magazine'') * ''The Sleeping City'' (Fall 1952 issue of ''Thrilling Detective'')

Short stories

* ''Night Watchman'' (March 1943 issue of ''The Shadow'') * ''Rain, Rain, Go Away'' (April 1943 issue of ''The Shadow'') * ''D.O.A.—East River'' (March 1944 issue of ''Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine'')

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holland, Marty 1919 births 1971 deaths American mystery writers Pulp fiction writers 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers American women novelists American women short story writers American short story writers