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Ellis Peters

Ellis Peters is a pseudonym of Edith Mary Pargeter (&#;), a British author whose Chronicles of Brother Cadfael are credited with popularizing the historical mystery. Cadfael, a Welsh&#;Benedictine&#;monk living at&#;Shrewsbury Abbey in the first half of the twelfth century, has been described as combining the curious mind of a scientist with the bravery of a knight-errant.

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The character has been adapted for television, and the books drew international attention to Shrewsbury and its history.

Pargeter won an Edgar Award&#;in for&#;Death and the Joyful Woman, and in she won the&#;Cartier Diamond Dagger, an annual award given by the&#;Crime Writers' Association of Great Britain. She was appointed&#;officer of the Order of the British Empire&#;in , and in the British&#;Crime Writers' Association&#;established the&#;Ellis Peters Historical Dagger&#;award, later called the Ellis Peters Historical Award Ellis Peters books and biography - Waterstones CED