Charlotte Jay was the pseudonym adopted by Australian mystery writer and novelist, Geraldine Halls . One of the best and most singular authors of the suspense era, she wrote only nine crime books, but their unorthodoxy secured her a high place in Mystery Hall of Fame. Jay was Hall's maiden name and it was under the name Charlotte Jay that she wrote most of the crime fiction novels for which she is most well known. She also wrote novels under her married name. Jay was born as Geraldine Mary Jay in Melville in Adelaide, South Australia on the 17 December 1919. She attended Girton School and... the University of Adelaide, and worked as a shorthand typist in Australia and England, and as a court stenographer in New Guinea, 1942-1950. She married Albert Halls, an Oriental specialist, who worked with the UNESCO . Albert Halls has dealt in Oriental antiques in England and Australia. Marrying Albert enabled her to travel to many exotic locations in which she later included in her future books. Only her first novel, The Knife is Feminine, is set in Australia.
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| Birthdate: | December 17, 1919 |
| Birthplace: | Adelaide |
| Date of death: | October 27, 1996 |
| Also known as: | Geraldine Halls |