🎉Happy Birthday to #RobertBParker, #bornonthisday in 1932! Hailed as the “dean of modern crime fiction,” he revitalized the detective novel with sharp dialogue and hard-boiled grit. Creator of Spenser, Jesse Stone & Sunny Randall, he became a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master. #CrimeFiction

From the archive for Emilia Pardo Bazán, #BornOnThisDay in 1851, my thoughts on THE LADY BANDIT (tr. Robert M. Fedorchek).

I loved these darkly comic tales of fair-weather servants, trigger-happy priests & a notorious robber who finally meets her match! 💙📚

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Margaret Lockwood, Actress, #BornOnThisDay in 1916, in Karachi

American photographer Olivia Parker was born in Boston, Massachusetts on this date (9/15) in 1941.

➡️ Learn more about her and view her work at: www.joeedelman.com/olivia-parker

#Photography #BornOnThisDay #photographertostudy

Cannonball Adderley, Jazz Alto Saxophonist, #BornOnThisDay in 1928, in Tampa, Florida

Agatha Christie, Novelist, Short Story Writer, Playwright, #BornOnThisDay in 1890, in Torquay, Devon, England

📸 March, 1968

Leone #Leoni (1509-90)
Portrait of #MaryofHungary (1505-58), Queen of Hungary & Bohemia, Governor of the Netherlands, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1555
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
#MariavanHongarije #MariedeHongrie #Habsburg #Jagiellon

Leone #Leoni (1509-90)
Portrait of #MaryofHungary (1505-58), Queen of Hungary & Bohemia, Governor of the Netherlands, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1555
Museo del Prado
#MariavanHongarije #MariedeHongrie #Habsburg #Jagiellon

After #Titian (ca.1485-1576)
Portrait of #MaryofHungary (1505-58), Queen of Hungary & Bohemia, Governor of the Netherlands, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1550s
Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris
#MariavanHongarije #MariedeHongrie #Habsburg #Jagiellon

Unknown Artist
Portrait of #MaryofHungary (1505-58), Queen of Hungary & Bohemia, Governor of the Netherlands, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1540
Szépművészeti Múzeum
#MariavanHongarije #MariedeHongrie #Habsburg #Jagiellon

After #JanCorneliszVermeyen (ca. 1504-59), ca. 1531
Portrait of #MaryofHungary (1505-58), Queen of Hungary & Bohemia, Governor of the Netherlands, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1531
Metropolitan Museum of Art
#MariavanHongarije #MariedeHongrie #Habsburg #Jagiellon

#HansKrell (1490–1565)
Portrait of #MaryofHungary (1505-58), Queen of Hungary & Bohemia, Governor of the Netherlands, who was #BornOnThisDay
1524
Staatsgalerie Bamberg
#MariavanHongarije #MariedeHongrie #Habsburg #Jagiellon

#HansMaler zu Schwaz (1480/8-1526/9)
Portrait of #MaryofHungary (1505-58), Queen of Hungary & Bohemia, Governor of the Netherlands, who was #BornOnThisDay
ca. 1519
Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
#MariavanHongarije #MariedeHongrie #Habsburg #Jagiellon

🎉Happy Birthday to #AgathaChristie, #bornonthisday in 1890! As the “Queen of Crime,” she created Poirot and Miss Marple and sold 2+ billion books worldwide. From 'Murder on the Orient Express' to 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd', her mysteries remain timeless. #CrimeFiction

British photographer Terence Donovan was born in East London, England on this date (9/14) in 1936.

➡️ Learn more about him and view his work at: www.joeedelman.com/terence-donovan

#Photography #BornOnThisDay #photographertostudy

From the archive for Janet McNeill, #BornOnThisDay in 1907, my thoughts on TEA AT FOUR O'CLOCK.

A tragic story of familial obligations, ulterior motives and longstanding guilt. Brilliantly observed, it's also ideal for #SpinsterSeptember #BookSky 💙📚

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TRUE STORY: Robert McCloskey’s chaotic NYC apartment became a lively studio when he brought ducklings home to perfect the illustrations for his beloved book “Make Way for Ducklings.”
Read: Mr. McCloskey's Marvelous Mallards
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#kidlit #bornonthisday #robertmccloskey

Australian photographer Anne Geddes was born in (Home Hill) Queensland, Australia on this date (9/13) in 1956.

➡️ Learn more about her and view her work at: www.joeedelman.com/anne-geddes

#Photography #BornOnThisDay #photographertostudy

Édouard Boubat, Photojournalist, Photographer, #BornOnThisDay in 1923, in Montmartre, Paris

‘Cats on a Roof, Paris’ (1947)

J. B. Priestley, Writer, Critic, Broadcaster, #BornOnThisDay in 1894, in Manningham, Bradford, England