Elly Griffiths
Elly Griffiths
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Full Name and Common Aliases
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Ellery Adams, under which name she writes the White House Chef Mystery series, is a common alias used by Elly Griffiths.
Birth and Death Dates
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Born on November 12, 1963, in London, England. Still active as an author.
Nationality and Profession(s)
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British mystery writer.
Early Life and Background
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Elly Griffiths grew up in the East End of London. She studied English Literature at the University of Edinburgh before moving to Cambridge to study for a Ph.D. in Renaissance literature, which she later abandoned to teach English in Italy. Upon returning to England, she worked as a teacher while raising her two children.
Major Accomplishments
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Griffiths's first novel, _Cross Your Heart_, was published in 2009 under the pseudonym D.M. Greenwood. However, it is under her real name that she achieved significant success with the Ruth Galloway series, which debuted with _The Crossing Places_ in 2009 and gained a massive following worldwide.
Notable Works or Actions
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Ruth Galloway series: This series, comprising 12 novels (including prequels), follows the titular character, a forensic archaeologist, as she navigates her professional and personal life.
The Norfolk Mysteries: A standalone novel that explores themes of identity, culture, and family in the context of an isolated coastal community.
Impact and Legacy
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Griffiths's work has been praised for its vivid portrayals of East Anglia's landscapes and culture. Her writing often delves into complex issues like identity, class, and human relationships, making her novels relatable to a broad audience.
Why They Are Widely Quoted or Remembered
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Elly Griffiths is widely quoted and remembered for her:
Innovative approach: She blends elements of mystery, crime fiction, and humor with the atmosphere of rural settings.
Well-developed characters: Ruth Galloway and other protagonists are multidimensional and nuanced, making them memorable to readers.
* Storytelling skills: Griffiths weaves intricate plots that keep readers engaged and eager for more.
Quotes by Elly Griffiths
The wife belongs to a book club. All they do is moan about their husbands. They never talk about the bloody books at all.
Look which way the bones lie. The position tells you everything. In Christian burials, bodies are usually buried facing east, supposedly towards heaven. Sometimes priests and religious leaders are buried facing west, so that they can rise facing their people. Facing downwards, you are looking at something else altogether.
His parents, who were Catholic in the stubborn way some old recusant English families are, sticking to their faith all through the Reformation, never expected any of their children to take it this far.
Ruth isn’t going to be bossed about by a woman in tight trousers who thinks she’s Helen Mirren playing Jane Tennison. She.
She doesn’t place the rights of animals above those of humans but she does, undoubtedly, prefer her cats to many humans.
Why is her first reaction to invitations always to think of a way of refusing them?
Ruth doesn’t have children and she has never been pregnant. Now that she is nearly forty and thinking that she might never have a child, it all seems such a waste. All that machinery chugging away inside her, making her bleed each month, making her moody and bloated and desperate for chocolate. All that internal plumbing, all those pipes gurgling away, all for nothing.