Doris Miles Disney

Doris Miles Disney (December 22, 1907 – March 9, 1976) was an American mystery writer. She wrote 47 novels, many of which were best sellers; several were made into feature films or TV movies.

In 14 of her writing years Disney published two novels, and the Times noted that "Since 1945, one or more of her books has been published each year." Her last novel was published posthumously.

About her novels Disney's first book (A Compound for Death) coincided with her daughter's 1943 birth, Disney's main characters were based on acquaintances of herself or her daughter.

Disney had worked in the publicity field and in the insurance business, and three recurring sleuths in her novels were postal inspector David Madden insurance investigator Jeff DiMarco.

Reviews Her first novel was reviewed by The New York Times;

Biography She was born Doris Miles in Glastonbury, Connecticut, and married George J. Disney in 1936. She died in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Their daughter Elizabeth Disney Laing, a writer and theatrical actress, was born 1943.

The Disneys' relatives included two of Mrs. Disney's sisters, Elizabeth H. Miles and Mrs. George B. Tolve, and the Disneys had nieces and nephews, some of whom told their aunt of their disliking that she killed off too many women in her stories. Enduring Old Charms (1947) Testimony by Silence (1948) That Which Is Crooked (1948) Count the Ways (1949) Family Skeleton (1949) (adapted into the 1950 movie Stella) The Hospitality of the House (1964) Shadow of a Man (1965) Unsuspected Evil (1965) At Some Forgotten Door (1966) The Magic Grandfather (1966) Night of Clear Choice (1967) Money for the Taking (1968) Voice from the Grave (1968) Two Little Children and How They Grew (1969) Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1970) (adapted into the 1971 TV movie of the same name) The Chandler Policy (1971) Three's a Crowd (1971) The Day Miss Bessie Lewis Disappeared (1972) Only Couples Need Apply (1973) (adapted into the 1974 TV movie Betrayal) Don't Go Into the Woods Today (1974) Cry for Help (1975) Winifred (1976)