Celebrating the 125th anniversary of MacKintosh's birth, this updated edition of the definitive biography includes a new preface.

Josephine Tey was the pen-name of Elizabeth MacKintosh (1896-1952). MacKintosh lived several lives: Best known as Golden Age Crime Fiction writer Tey, she was also successful novelist and playwright Gordon Daviot. During her exceptional career, she had plays on in the West End in London and on Broadway, and even wrote for Hollywood.