“My father had several strokes and heart attacks. I was with him when he died, and it was a horrible death. He had been a very articulate man, and to lose that, never to be able to speak properly and to be unable to move - he had always been a very vigorous man, so to be in a wheelchair and mumbling - was terrible.”

English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries

Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries. She is best known for crime fiction that focuses on suspense, psychology, and the hidden motives behind violent acts. Her work moved between thriller and murder mystery forms, and her books made her a prominent name in English popular fiction.