Editing Ruth Rendell (section)

==Awards==
Baroness Rendell's awards include the Silver, [[Gold Dagger|Gold]], and Cartier Diamond Daggers from the [[Crime Writers' Association]], three [[Edgar Award|Edgars]] from the [[Mystery Writers of America]], The Arts Council National Book Awards, and [[The Sunday Times]] Literary Award.<ref name="Drabble" /> A number of her works (see the section below) have been adapted for film or television.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719334/  Ruth Rendell (1930–2015).] [[IMDb]]</ref><ref>The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Literature.
 Helicon Publishing, 2006.</ref> She was also a patron of the charity Kids for Kids<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kidsforkids.org.uk/about_importantinfo.asp|title=How We Are Run|date=6 May 2015|website=kidsforkids.org.uk|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-date=13 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913041551/http://www.kidsforkids.org.uk/about_importantInfo.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> which helps children in rural areas of [[Darfur]]. There is a blue plaque on one of her homes, 45 Millsmead Way, in [[Loughton]]. This was unveiled by her son Simon on 24 February 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/14298745.Blue_plaque_unveiled_for_renowned_and_much_loved_author_Ruth_Rendell/|title=Blue plaque unveiled for renowned and much-loved author Ruth Rendell|website=East London and West Essex Guardian Series|date=24 February 2016 |access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref>  Four of her novels appear on the British-based Crime Writers Association Poll (1990) of the best crime fiction novels ever written: two under the Rendell name and two under her pen name of Barbara Vine.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Her Crime Writer’s Association Dagger wins (four Gold, one Silver and one Cartier Diamond) remains unmatched, as does her record of being the first author to be nominated and win under multiple names.  Her unparalleled Edgar and Dagger finalist nominations include: ''A Judgement In Stone'' (1977 Gold Dagger finalist), ''A Sleeping Life'' (1979 Edgar finalist for Best Novel), ''Make Death Love Me'' (1980 Edgar finalist for Best Novel), The ''Speaker Of Mandarin'' (1983 Gold Dagger finalist), ''An Unkindness Of Ravens'' and ''The Tree Of Hands'' (both 1986 Edgar finalists for Best Novel), ''A Dark-Adapted Eye'' (as Barbara Vine, 1986 Gold Dagger finalist), ''A Fatal Inversion'' (as Barbara Vine, 1988 Macavity Award finalist for Best Novel), and ''Going Wrong'' (1990 Gold Dagger finalist.)<ref name="thecwa.co.uk">https://thecwa.co.uk/past-winners/page/2?search=ruth rendell&from_year&to_year</ref> Additionally, she was nominated four times in the Edgar Best Short Story category (in 1976 for "The Fall Of The Coin" and 1977 for "People Don’t Do Such Things"), winning twice for "The Fallen Curtain" (1975) and "The New Girlfriend" (1984).<ref name="edgarawards.com">{{cite web | url=https://edgarawards.com/category-list-best-short-story/ | title=Category List – Best Short Story &#124; Edgar® Awards Info & Database }}</ref>