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Barbara Mertz
AuthorBooks · Second hand1927-2013
Barbara Louise Mertz, known professionally as Elizabeth Peters and as Barbara Michaels, was an American author. In 1952, she received a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago. She was best known for her mystery and suspense novels, including the Amelia Peabody book series.
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About Barbara Mertz
Birth
1927
Death
2013
First book
1964
Years writing
49
Barbara Louise Mertz, known professionally as Elizabeth Peters and as Barbara Michaels, was an American author. In 1952, she received a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago. She was best known for her mystery and suspense novels, including the Amelia Peabody book series.
Barbara Mertz combined her passion for writing with a distinguished academic career as an Egyptologist.
She earned her PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago in 1952.
She wrote under several pseudonyms, with Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels being the most famous.
Her work Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs is noted for its historical rigor regarding ancient Egypt.
Her books on Egyptian history have remained in print continuously since the 1960s.
