Ruth Rendell Net Worth

Rendell has published 27 standalone novels. Her Inspector Wexford series was a successful television series adaption as The Ruth Rendell Mysteries starring George Baker from 1987 to 2000. Her works have also been adapted into the films Diary of the Dead, Live Flesh, The Tree of Hands, and Betty Fisher et autres histoires. Rendell won many awards including Mystery Writers of America Best Short Story Edgars, Gold Daggers for Fiction, Cartier Diamond Dagger for a Lifetime’s Achievement in the Field, Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award, and Mystery Ink Gumshoe Award for Lifetime Achievement. Unfortunately Ruth died on May 2, 2015.