About Helen Reilly
Lived 1891 – 1962 (aged 70). Helen Reilly was an American writer.
Helen Reilly (April 25, 1891 – January 11, 1962), was an American mystery writer known for a series of novels featuring Inspector Christopher McKee, head of the fictitious Manhattan Homicide Squad. She wrote mostly under her own name but also under the pseudonym Kieran Abbey. A member of the Mystery Writers of America, she served as its president in 1953.
Born Helen Kieran in New York City in 1891, she attended Hunter College, graduating in 1914.
Reilly died on January 11, 1962, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1944.
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American writer
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Helen Reilly was born on 25 April 1891 in New York City.
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Helen Reilly died on 11 January 1962 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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