Elizabeth Plunket Greene

Richard Plunket Greene, first from the left; Olivia Plunket Greene, second from left; David Plunket Greene, holding the dog; Terence Lucy Greenidge, smoking, second from right; Elizabeth Frances Russell, first from the right; Evelyn Waugh, sitting down

Elizabeth Frances Plunket Greene[1][2][3][4][5] (6 July 1899 – 18 December 1978[6]) was an English crime novelist, writing in tandem with her husband, Richard Plunket Greene. She was part of the Bright Young Things immortalized by Evelyn Waugh in Vile Bodies (mostly inspired by the Plunket Greenes).

  1. ^ Who's Who In Literature, ed. Mark Meredith, 1933, p. 192
  2. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries, new series, part 1, 1934, Library of Congress Copyright Office, p. 1559
  3. ^ The Spectator, vol. 148, 1932, p. 527
  4. ^ The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh, ed. Michael Davie, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976, p.266
  5. ^ The Stage Year Book, issue 37, p. 353, Lionel Carson, 1968
  6. ^ Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright.