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Lady Jean Spender, Australian writer, was born Jean Maud Henderson at Burwood, New South Wales in 1901. As J. M. Spender she wrote crime fiction.〔(Austlit — J. M. Spender. ) Accessed 10 February 2015.〕 On 6 April 1925 she married the then barrister Percy Spender at Coraki in Northern New South Wales. Percy Spender later became a politician and diplomat and was made KCVO, KBE, QC. The couple had two sons.〔(Australian Dictionary of Biography. ) Accessed 10 February 2015.〕 One son, John Spender, was also a politician and diplomat. The other, Peter Spender, wrote and produced several documentary films.〔(Austlit — Peter Spender. ) Accessed 10 February 2015.〕 Jean Spender wrote racy and successful crime thrillers, most of which are set in Sydney with a lightly disguised Percy Spender as the hero.〔(The Australian 7 July 2010. ) Accessed 10 February 2015.〕 Spender was an aunt of Dale Spender, feminist scholar, teacher and writer. Jean Spender died on 25 March 1970 at Sydney. == Bibliography〔 == * ''The Charge Is Murder!'', Sydney: Dymocks, 1933 (novel) * ''Death Comes in the Night'', London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1938 (novel) * ''Full Moon for Murder'', London: Evans Brothers, 1948 (novel) * ''Seven Days for Hanging'', London: Robert Hale, 1958 (novel) * ''Murder on the Prowl'', London: Robert Hale, 1960 (novel) * ''Death Renders Account'', London: Robert Hale, 1960 (novel) * ''Ambassador's Wife'', Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1968 (autobiography) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean Spender」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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