Hulme, Juliet Marion (1938–)
Hulme, Juliet Marion (1938–)
British mystery writer and murderer. Name variations: (pseudonym) Anne Perry. Born Juliet Marion Hulme, Oct 28, 1938, in Greenwich, London, England; dau. of Henry Rainsford Hulme (chief assistant at Royal Observatory, then rector of Canterbury College in Christchurch, NZ) and Hilda Marion (Reavley) Hulme, later known as H. Marion Perry on remarriage; never married.
Moved to New Zealand with family; at 15, with friend Pauline Parker, murdered Parker's mother Honora (events are depicted in the film Heavenly Creatures, 1994); served out a 5 1/2-year prison term at Mount Eden prison in Christchurch; left New Zealand for England (1959) and took mother's 2nd-marriage surname, becoming Anne Perry; moved to San Francisco, CA (1967), then Los Angeles; returned to England (early 1970s); published 1st novel The Cater Street Hangman (1979); wrote other Victorian mysteries, including Rutland Place (1983), Silence in Hanover Close (1988), Highgate Rise (1991), The Sins of the Wolf (1994), Weighed in the Balance (1996), The Silent Cry (1997), and Tathea (1999).