Dolores Hitchens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dolores Hitchens

American mystery writer

Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1907

Place of Birth: San Antonio, Texas, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1973

Profession: writer, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Julia Clara Catherine Maria Dolores Robins Norton Birk Olsen Hitchens (December 25, 1907 in San Antonio, Texas – August 1, 1973 in Orange County, California), better known as Dolores Hitchens, was an American mystery novelist who wrote prolifically from 1938 until her death.
She also wrote as D.
B.
Olsen, a version of her first married name, and under the pseudonyms Dolan Birkley and Noel Burke.Hitchens collaborated on five railroad mysteries—"police procedurals about a squad of railroad cops"—with her second husband, Bert Hitchens, a railroad detective.
She also branched out into other genres including Western fiction.
Many of her mystery novels centered on a spinster character named Rachel Murdock. Hitchens wrote Fool's Gold, the 1958 novel adapted by Jean-Luc Godard for his film Bande à part (Band of Outsiders, 1964).
Her novel The Watcher was adapted for an episode of the TV series Thriller which aired November 1, 1960.