What is Ruth Rendell?
[[File:RuthRendell.png|thumb|Rendell in August 2007.]] '''Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh''' {{Small|[[CBE]]}} (née '''Grasemann'''; 17 February 1930 &ndash; 2 May 2015), also known as '''Barbara Vine''', was an [[English people|English]] [[writer]]. She wrote mostly [[psychological]] [[thriller (genre)|thrillers]] and [[Crime fiction|murder mysteries]]. She released at least 90 books and was best known for her character [[Inspector Wexford]]. Rendell was born in [[South Woodford]], [[Essex]] (now [[London]]). Her mother was born in [[Sweden]] and grew up in [[Denmark]], while her father was English. She was married to Don Rendell until his death from [[prostate cancer]] in 1999. They had a son, Simon (born 1953). Rendell had a [[stroke]] in January 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/15/ruth-rendell-hospitalised-serious-stroke|title=Ruth Rendell in hospital after serious stroke|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=16 January 2015|accessdate=2 May 2015}}</ref> She died on 2 May 2015 in London, aged 85.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32564813|title=Author Ruth Rendell dies aged 85|publisher=BBC|date=2 May 2015|accessdate=2 May 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0719334}} {{Biography-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rendell, Ruth}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:Crime writers]] [[Category:English children's writers]] [[Category:English novelists]] [[Category:Writers from Essex]] [[Category:Writers from London]] [[Category:People from the London Borough of Redbridge]] [[Category:People from Suffolk]] [[Category:Labour Life Peers]]