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October 14, 1995

Edith Pargeter (September 28, 1913 to October 14, 1995) is the real name behind the mystery writer Ellis Peters, whose 12th century detective stories are widely popular. For instance the BBC adapted her Brother Cadfael mysteries for a television series starring Derek Jacobi.  Some of her stories feature cats.  The Trinity Cat  (2006, may be a reprint date) is the leading story in a collection of that name, and her cat stories appear in other collections also:  More Mystery Cats  (1993) edited by Lilian Jackson Braun is just one example. Pargeter also won a reputation and awards for her work translating Czechoslovakian literature.  The TerezĂ­n Requiem  (1963), was a Joseph Bor story of a Verdi concert at Auschwitz.. In 1949,  The Coast of Bohemia , her account of her travels there, had appeared.