Ruth Rendell

Nofelydd Seisnig oedd Ruth Barbara Rendell, Barwnes Rendell o Babergh, CBE (née Grasemann; 17 Chwefror 1930 – 2 Mai 2015) a arbenigai mewn nofelau dirgelwch, seicolegol. Efallai mai'r nofel enwocaf yw Chief Inspector Wexford a addaswyd hefyd ar gyfer y teledu. Defnyddiai hefyd y ffugenw Barbara Vine.

Ruth Rendell
Ffugenw	Barbara Vine
Ganwyd	17 Chwefror 1930  Llundain
Bu farw	2 Mai 2015  o strôc  Llundain
Man preswyl	Suffolk, Llundain
Dinasyddiaeth	y Deyrnas Unedig
Galwedigaeth	gwleidydd, nofelydd, sgriptiwr, llenor, awdur
Swydd	Aelod o Dŷ'r Arglwyddi, beirniad Gwobr Booker
Adnabyddus am	From Doon with Death
Arddull	ffuglen drosedd, ffuglen dirgelwch
Prif ddylanwad	Dorothy L. Sayers, Patricia Highsmith, Sheridan Le Fanu, Agatha Christie, M. R. James
Plaid Wleidyddol	y Blaid Lafur
Tad	Arthur Grasemann
Mam	Ebba Elise Kruse
Priod	Donald John Rendell
Plant	Simon Arthur Charles Rendell
Gwobr/au	CBE, Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel, Gwobr Martin Bec, Cyllell Ddiamwnt Cartier, Cymrawd o'r Gymdeithas Frenhinol a Llenyddol, Gwobrau Gumshoe, Gold Dagger, Gold Dagger, Gold Dagger, Gold Dagger, Gwobr Anthony, The Grand Master
Gwefan	http://literature.britishcouncil.org/ruth-rendell

Cafodd Ruth Barbara Grasemann ei geni yn 1930, yn South Woodford, Llundain yn fab i athro ac athrawes: Ebba Kruse oedd ei mam (a oedd o Ddenmarc) ac Arthur Grasemann oedd ei thad. Siaradai Swedeg a Daneg yn rhugl.

Priododd Don Rendell ym 1950 yn ugain oed.

Llyfryddiaeth

Nofelau Inspector Wexford

1. From Doon with Death (1964)
2. A New Lease of Death (1967)
3. Wolf to the Slaughter (1967)
4. The Best Man to Die (1969)
5. A Guilty Thing Surprised (1970)
6. No More Dying Then (1971)
7. Murder Being Once Done (1972)
8. Some Lie and Some Die (1973)
9. Shake Hands Forever (1975)
10. A Sleeping Life (1979)
11. Put on by Cunning (1981)
12. The Speaker of Mandarin (1983)
13. An Unkindness of Ravens (1985)
14. The Veiled One (1988)
15. Kissing the Gunner's Daughter (1991)
16. Simisola (1994)
17. Road Rage (1997)
18. Harm Done (1999)
19. The Babes in the Wood (2002)
20. End in Tears (2005)
21. Not in the Flesh (2007)
22. The Monster in the Box (2009)
23. The Vault (2011)
24. No Man's Nightingale (2013)

Nofelau eraill

• To Fear a Painted Devil (1965)
• Vanity Dies Hard (1965)
• The Secret House of Death (1968)
• One Across, Two Down (1971)
• The Face of Trespass (1974)
• A Demon in My View (1976)
• A Judgement in Stone (1977)
• Make Death Love Me (1979)
• The Lake of Darkness (1980)
• Master of the Moor (1982)
• The Killing Doll (1984)
• The Tree of Hands (1984)
• Live Flesh (1986)
• Talking to Strange Men (1987)
• The Bridesmaid (1989)
• Going Wrong (1990)
• The Crocodile Bird (1993)
• The Keys to the Street (1996)
• A Sight for Sore Eyes (1998)
• Adam and Eve and Pinch Me (2001)
• The Rottweiler (2003)
• Thirteen Steps Down (2004)
• The Water's Lovely (2006)
• Portobello (2008)
• Tigerlily's Orchids (2010)
• The Saint Zita Society (2012)
• The Girl Next Door (2014)
• Dark Corners (2015)

Nofelau fel "Barbara Vine"

• A Dark-Adapted Eye (1986)
• A Fatal Inversion (1987)
• The House of Stairs (1988)
• Gallowglass (1990)
• King Solomon's Carpet (1991)
• Asta's Book (1993)
• No Night Is Too Long (1994)
• The Brimstone Wedding (1995)
• The Chimney-sweeper's Boy (1998)
• Grasshopper (2000)
• The Blood Doctor (2002)
• The Minotaur (2005)
• The Birthday Present (2008)
• The Child's Child (2012)