Daphne du Maurier was born on May 13, 1907, in London, England, the daughter of actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier. She was a popular novelist known for her suspenseful, romantic and sometimes supernatural plots. Her best known works are Rebecca and The Birds, both adapted to film by Alfred Hitchcock. Du Maurier was made a Dame Commander in the Order of the British Empire in 1969. She died in 1981 in Par, Cornwall, England.
Awards: Anthony (2000)
Genres: Horror
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Novels
The Loving Spirit (1931)
I'll Never Be Young Again (1932)
Julius (1933)
aka The Progress of Julius
Jamaica Inn (1936)
Rebecca (1938)
Castle Dor (1940) (with Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch)
Come Wind, Come Weather (1940)
Frenchman's Creek (1941)
Hungry Hill (1943)
Spring Picture (1944)
The King's General (1946)
The Parasites (1949)
My Cousin Rachel (1951)
Mary Anne (1954)
The Scapegoat (1957)
The Glass Blowers (1962)
The Flight of the Falcon (1965)
The House on the Strand (1968)
Don't Look Now (1971)
Rule Britannia (1972)
I'll Never Be Young Again (1932)
Julius (1933)
aka The Progress of Julius
Jamaica Inn (1936)
Rebecca (1938)
Castle Dor (1940) (with Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch)
Come Wind, Come Weather (1940)
Frenchman's Creek (1941)
Hungry Hill (1943)
Spring Picture (1944)
The King's General (1946)
The Parasites (1949)
My Cousin Rachel (1951)
Mary Anne (1954)
The Scapegoat (1957)
The Glass Blowers (1962)
The Flight of the Falcon (1965)
The House on the Strand (1968)
Don't Look Now (1971)
Rule Britannia (1972)
Collections
The Apple Tree (1952) (with Frank Cowper)
The Birds (1952)
Happy Christmas (1953)
Kiss Me Again, Stranger (1953)
Early Stories (1954)
The Breaking Point (1959)
aka The Blue Lenses
The Treasury of du Maurier Short Stories (1960)
Echoes from the Macabre (1971)
Don't Look Now and Other Stories (1971)
aka Not After Midnight
The Rendezvous (1980)
Split Second (1981)
Don't Look Now and Other Echoes from the Macabre (1985)
Daphne Du Maurier's Classics of the Macabre (1987)
Birds of Prey (2010) (with others)
The Doll (2011)
After Midnight (2025)
The Birds (1952)
Happy Christmas (1953)
Kiss Me Again, Stranger (1953)
Early Stories (1954)
The Breaking Point (1959)
aka The Blue Lenses
The Treasury of du Maurier Short Stories (1960)
Echoes from the Macabre (1971)
Don't Look Now and Other Stories (1971)
aka Not After Midnight
The Rendezvous (1980)
Split Second (1981)
Don't Look Now and Other Echoes from the Macabre (1985)
Daphne Du Maurier's Classics of the Macabre (1987)
Birds of Prey (2010) (with others)
The Doll (2011)
After Midnight (2025)
Novellas and Short Stories
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Books containing stories by Daphne du Maurier
Sunless Solstice (2021)
Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Nights
(British Library Tales of the Weird, book 27)
edited by
Lucy Evans and Tanya Kirk
Heavy Weather (2021)
Tempestuous Tales of Stranger Climes
(British Library Tales of the Weird, book 21)
edited by
Kevan Manwaring
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Daphne du Maurier recommends
The Bear's Whelp (1978)
(Autobiography of Robert Dudley, book 1)
Derek Wilson
"A delightful historical novel."
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