 Ethel Lina White was born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. She worked for the Ministry of Pensions in London. Her first three novels The Wish-Bone (1927), 'Twill Soon Be Dark (1929), and The Eternal Journey (1930) were mainstream. Three of her crime novels were made into films: The Spiral Staircase, The Lady Vanishes, and The Unseen. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 1) Put Out the Light (Also published as: Sinister Light [1966]) | 1931 |
| 2) Fear Stalks the Village | 1932 |
| 3) Some Must Watch (Also published as: The Spiral Staircase [1946]) | 1933 |
| 4) The First Time He Died | 1935 |
| 5) Wax | 1935 |
| 6) The Wheel Spins (Also published as: The Lady Vanishes [1966]) | 1936 |
| 7) The Elephant Never Forgets | 1937 |
| 8) The Third Eye | 1937 |
| 9) Step in the Dark | 1938 |
| 10) While She Sleeps | 1940 |
| 11) She Faded Into Air | 1941 |
| 12) Midnight House (US Title: Her Heart in Her Throat [1942]) (Also published as: The Unseen [1966]) | 1942 |
| 13) The Man Who Loved Lions (US Title: The Man Who Was Not There [1943]) | 1943 |
| 14) They See in Darkness | 1944 |