15,684| Born | Barbara Louise Gross, September 29, 1927, Canton, Illinois |
| Died | August 8, 2013, Frederick, Maryland |
| Pen name | Barbara Michaels, Elizabeth Peters |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1964–2013 |
| Genre | Suspense, Mystery, Thriller, academic Egyptology |
| Spouse | Richard Mertz (m. 1950, div. 1969) |
| Children | Peter, Elizabeth |
About Barbara Mertz
Novelist Barbara Mertz was born in Illinois, United States on September 29, 1927. She dies at the age of 85, on August 8, 2013.
This American mystery novelist, thriller writer, and Gothic fiction author is best known for the Agatha and Anthony Award-winning novels Naked Once More and Trojan Gold. She also wrote several notable nonfiction works, including Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium and Two Thousand Years in Rome.
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Barbara Mertz before becoming famous
Barbara Mertz was born in the Zodiac sign Libra (The Scales), and 1927 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rabbit (兔).
She wrote her first nonfiction work, Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs, in 1964, after getting a Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago. Two years later, her first novel, The Master of Blacktower, was released.
Achievement of Barbara Mertz
She wrote the popular Amelia Peabody, Vicky Bliss, and Jacqueline Kirby adventure and mystery series under the pen name Elizabeth Peters. She wrote the Someone in the House Series and the Georgetown Trilogy under the pen name Barbara Michaels.
Barbara Mertz's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
She was born in Illinois and eventually moved to Maryland. Elizabeth Peters is her pen name, which she developed by merging the names of her two children, Elizabeth and Peter Mertz.
Barbara Mertz Collabed with
A television movie based on Mertz's 1968 novel Ammie Come Home stars Movie Actress Barbara Stanwyck.
Barbara Mertz Income & Net worth
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