Julia Clara Catharine Dolores Birk Olsen Hitchens, better known as Dolores Hitchens, was an American mystery novelist who wrote prolifically from 1938 until her death. She also wrote under the pseudonyms D. B. Olsen, Dolan Birkley and Noel Burke. Hitchens collaborated on five railroad mysteries with her second husband, Bert Hitchens, a railroad detective, and also branched out into other genres in her writing, including Western stories. Many of her mystery novels centered around a spinster character named Rachel Murdock. Hitchens wrote Fool's Gold, the 1958 novel adapted by Jean-Luc Godard for his film Bande à part. Her novel, The Watcher, was adapted for an episode of the TV series "Thriller" which aired November 1,1960. Wikipedia [ - ]

Julia Clara Catharine Dolores Birk Olsen Hitchens, better known as Dolores Hitchens, was an... [ + ]