Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

NEW YORK — Barbara Mertz, a best-selling mystery writer who wrote dozens of novels under two pen names, has died. She was 85. Mertz died Thursday morning at her home, in Frederick, Md., her daughter ...

Barbara Mertz (June 12, 1926 - Jan. 7, 2020, 93 years old), wife of former Fire Chief, Orville Mertz, passed away peacefully at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7. She was surrounded by love and support from ...

Barbara Mertz has as many aliases as a bank robber. But her profession, although equally lucrative, is more honorable. Mertz is the author of 65 books, most of them mysteries written using the ...

The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. The Egyptologist and wildly prolific writer Barbara Mertz died Thursday morning, her publisher tells NPR. She was 85.

NEW YORK (AP) - Barbara Mertz, a best-selling mystery writer who wrote dozens of novels under two pen names, has died. She was 85. Mertz died Thursday morning at her home, in Frederick, Md., her ...

Egyptologist and author Barbara Mertz, under the pen name Elizabeth Peters, has written many best-selling mysteries featuring amateur sleuth Amelia Peabody, set in Egypt during the end of the ...