She wrote 47 novels, many of which were best sellers; several were made into feature films or TV movies.

Disney's Family Skeleton was made into the movie Stella,[6] and Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate was the basis of an American TV film.

Family Skeleton/Stella's hero Jeff di Marco included the reuse of Disney's "most famous"[1] sleuth for Straw Man in 1951.

[6] She was born Doris Miles in Glastonbury, Connecticut, and married George J. Disney in 1936.

Their daughter Elizabeth Disney Laing, a writer and theatrical actress, was born 1943.