Ethel Lina White

1876–1944 · British writer

Ethel Lina White was a British crime writer from Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. She was best known for her novel The Wheel Spins (1936), on which the Alfred Hitchcock 1938 film The Lady Vanishes was based.

Ethel Lina White, in order

1. 1938 The Lady Vanishes: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 98%, audiences 88% · streaming on fuboTV, HBO Max, Philo
2. 1979 The Lady Vanishes: wrote · directed by Anthony Page
3. 2013 The Lady Vanishes (TV movie): wrote · directed by Diarmuid Lawrence