About J. H. Wallis
Lived 1885 – 1958 (aged 72–73). J. H. Wallis was an American crime fiction writer, poet, novelist and writer.
J. H. Wallis (1885-1958) was a writer whose 1942 best-selling book Once Off Guard (later published as The Woman in the Window) was made into a film, The Woman in the Window, directed by Fritz Lang.
Biography James Harold Wallis was born in Iowa and educated at Yale. He was a newspaperman in Iowa, later writing full-time in New York.
Personal life Wallis' daughter, Jane O’Neil Wallis Burrell, was the first CIA employee to die on the job.
Works This list is incomplete.
Murder by Formula (1931) The Capital City Mystery (1932) The Servant of Death (1932) Cries in the Night (1933) The Mystery of Vaucluse (1933) Murder Mansion (1934)
The Niece of Abraham Pein (1943)
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Who was J. H. Wallis?
American writer
When was J. H. Wallis born?
J. H. Wallis was born in 1885 in Dubuque.
When did J. H. Wallis die?
J. H. Wallis died in 1958 in Scarsdale.
What was J. H. Wallis's occupation?
J. H. Wallis was a crime fiction writer, poet, novelist and writer.
What nationality was J. H. Wallis?
J. H. Wallis was American.
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