Ethel Lina White
An image from The Spiral Staircase, one of the productions that also features Ethel Lina White.

Ethel Lina White

April 2, 1876 — Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK

Ethel Lina White (2 April 1876 – 13 August 1944) 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.

The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

1938

The Spiral Staircase

The Spiral Staircase

1946

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

1979

The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

2013

The Unseen

The Unseen

1945

The Spiral Staircase

The Spiral Staircase

1975

The Spiral Staircase

The Spiral Staircase

2000