Babs H. Deal

Babs Hodges Deal (June 23, 1929 – February 20, 2004) was an American writer. She published a dozen novels and numerous short stories. Her novel Fancy's Knell received an award from Mystery Writers of America. She adapted her short story "Make my Deathbed" for an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and she also adapted her novel The Walls Came Tumbling Down for the TV movie Friendships, Secrets and Lies.