page_title: Ngaio Marsh
section_title: Museum
hierarchical_section_title: Ngaio Marsh / Museum
caption_attribution_description: English: Dame Ngaio Marsh's house in Cashmere, Christchurch, New Zealand
context_page_description: Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh DBE was a New Zealand crime writer and theatre director. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1966.
  Marsh is known as one of the "Queens of Crime", along with Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Margery Allingham. She is known primarily for her character Inspector Roderick Alleyn, a gentleman detective who works for the Metropolitan Police.
  The Ngaio Marsh Award is awarded annually for the best New Zealand mystery, crime and thriller fiction writing.
context_section_description: Her home in Cashmere, a suburb of Christchurch, on the northern slopes of the Port Hills is preserved as a museum.
caption: Dame Ngaio Marsh's Home
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