Nedra Tyre (October 6, 1912 – 1990) was an American social worker and author, specializing in

crime fiction Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...

. A native of Offerman, Georgia, Tyre attended

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and the Richmond School of Social Work. She had professional stints as a librarian, clerk, and advertising copy writer, in addition to her fiction and social work. Her book reviews appeared in ''

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'' and ''

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''. Tyre died in

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in 1990.

Selected bibliography

* ''Mouse in Eternity'' (

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, 1952) * ''Death of an Intruder'' (Knopf, 1953) * ''Journey to Nowhere'' (Knopf, 1954) * ''Hall of Death'' (

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, 1960) * ''Everyone Suspect'' (

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, 1964) * ''Twice So Fair'' (

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, 1971)

References

1912 births 1990 deaths People from Pierce County, Georgia Emory University alumni Novelists from Georgia (U.S. state) American crime fiction writers American women novelists 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers Women crime fiction writers {{US-novelist-1910s-stub