Were both Dashiell Hammett and John Lanchester married to Miranda Carter?
Dashiell Hammett Samuel Dashiell Hammett ( ; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, screenwriter, and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade ("The Maltese Falcon"), Nick and Nora Charles ("The Thin Man"), and the Continental Op ("Red Harvest" and "The Dain Curse").
Married to Music Married to Music is a 2001 biography by Margaret Campbell published by Robson Books of the British cellist Julian Lloyd Webber (with a foreword by Lady Evelyn Barbirolli). Margaret Campbell is an authority on string instrumentalists and has written profiles on string players for "The Strad" magazine and is the author of 'The Great Violinists' and 'The Great Cellists'.