Maureen Jennings (born 23 April 1939) is a British Canadian writer, most well known for the Detective Murdoch Series, the basis for the television series Murdoch Mysteries.[2] She is credited as a creative consultant and occasionally writer for the show.
Maureen Jennings | |
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Born | [1] Birmingham, United Kingdom[1] | April 23, 1939
Nationality | British Canadian[2] |
Occupation | Writer |
Known for | The Murdoch Mysteries series of books |
Maureen Jennings was born and grew up in Birmingham, England.[1][3][4] She attended Saltley Grammar School.[2] Jennings grew up knowing little of her father, who was killed in action during World War II. Jennings emigrated to Canada with her mother when she was seventeen.[1][2][3][4] She studied psychology and philosophy at the University of Windsor and earned an MA in English Literature at the University of Toronto.[1][3][5] Jennings initially taught at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and later practised as a psychotherapist.[1][2][5] Her first successful writing was stage plays.[6]
Jennings is best known as the author of the Detective Murdoch Series, which has been turned into a television series.[1] As of 2019, her most recent novel, Heat Wave, introduces Murdoch's son as a police detective in 1936.[7]
The television drama Bomb Girls was based on a concept Jennings developed.[8]
Jennings was awarded the Grant Allen Award in 2011 as a pioneer in crime fiction.[9][better source needed]
John Wilson Murray, who was appointed as Ontario's first government detective in 1875, "was an important inspiration" for Jennings and led to the development of the character William Murdoch.[10]
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