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Biography: Marsh, Edith Ngaio

Ngaio Marsh describes becoming a published author

Hear Ngaio Marsh (in conversation with Elizabeth Alley) describe the circumstances in which she became a published author of crime fiction. This event she describes as quite unplanned. (4 min 18 sec)

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Reference: T5881

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Jane Stafford. 'Marsh, Edith Ngaio', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/34/ngaio-marsh-describes-becoming-a-published-author (accessed 4 June 2026).