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P. D. James, full name Phyllis Dorothy James (1920-): British civil servanr/mystery author; Red Cross voiluneer in World War II; Ministry of Food; 1941 married Ernest White (deceased); 2 daughters; assistant stage manager, Cambridge; 1949-1968 North West Regional Hospital (London); 1968-1972 Police Department Home Office Principal; various literary councils and art councils; 1983 Order of the British Empire; 1971, 1975, 1986 Silver Dagger Awards from the British Crime Writers Association; 1967 John Creasey Award for Best First Novel; 1987 Diamond Dagger Award for Lifetime Achievement (BCWA). P. D. James: interview * the "Adam Dalgliesh" novel series; brilliant Scotland Yard inspector and poet character * Cover Her Face [1962] * others {to be done} [19__] * the "Cordelia Gray" novel series: * An Unsuitable Job for a Woman [1972] * The Skull Beneath the Skin [1962] * Miscellaneous non-series novels: * Innocent Blood [1980] In the Periodic Table of the Elements, "Pd" stands for Palladium. In the Periodic Table of the Mystery Authors, "Pd" stands for P. D. James! Honorable Mentions: Return to Mystery/Detective Table of Contents Return to PERIODIC TABLE OF MYSTERY AUTHORS [Grateful acknowledgment to Professor Erich Friedman for his permission for me to use the table structure and color GIFs of the Periodic Table, above, whose Mystery Author roll-over status names and correlation of Element Abbreviations with Mystery Author names are not the fault of Professor Erich Friedman but purely the work of Professor Jonathan Vos Post] P. D. James