Deadly women: the woman mystery reader's indispensable companion
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New York : Carroll & Graf, 1998.
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Book
Edition:
1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Physical Desc:
xv, 366 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
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Description
Takes a look at the role of women in crime fiction through interviews, recommended lists, and more. Contains articles by and about May Higgins Clark, Barbara Michaels, Patricia Cornwall, Elizabeth George, Carolyn G. Hart, Julie Smith, Margaret Maron, J.A. Jance, Sara Paretsky, Marcia Muller, Laurie King, Charlotte MacLeod, Nancy Pickard, Joan Hess ... and many more.
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Wallingford Adult Nonfiction
813.0872 DEADLY
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American fiction -- Women authors -- Bibliography.
American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories -- Authorship.
Detective and mystery stories, American -- Bibliography.
Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Interviews.
American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories -- Authorship.
Detective and mystery stories, American -- Bibliography.
Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Interviews.
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English
ISBN:
0786704683, 9780786704682
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Includes index.
Description
Takes a look at the role of women in crime fiction through interviews, recommended lists, and more. Contains articles by and about May Higgins Clark, Barbara Michaels, Patricia Cornwall, Elizabeth George, Carolyn G. Hart, Julie Smith, Margaret Maron, J.A. Jance, Sara Paretsky, Marcia Muller, Laurie King, Charlotte MacLeod, Nancy Pickard, Joan Hess ... and many more.
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Grape, J., James, D., & Nehr, E. (1998). Deadly women: the woman mystery reader's indispensable companion. 1st Carroll & Graf ed. New York, Carroll & Graf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Grape, Jan, Dean James and Ellen. Nehr. 1998. Deadly Women: The Woman Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion. New York, Carroll & Graf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Grape, Jan, Dean James and Ellen. Nehr, Deadly Women: The Woman Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion. New York, Carroll & Graf, 1998.
MLA Citation (style guide)Grape, Jan., et al. Deadly Women: The Woman Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion. 1st Carroll & Graf ed. New York, Carroll & Graf, 1998.
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| 505 | 2 | 0 | |t Foreword /|r The Editors --|t "O, Pioneers" /|r Charles Champlin --|t "Lady and the Dark: Louisa May Alcott's Literary Double Life" /|r Elizabeth Foxwell --|t "From Honey to Freddie" /|r Robert J. Randisi --|t "Women in the Pulps" /|r Bill Pronzini --|t "Paperback Ladies" /|r Bill Crider --|t "Carter Brown's Fabulous Mystery Babe: Mavis Seidlitz" /|r George Kelley --|t "Leave Them Laughing: The Mysteries of Craig Rice" /|r Jeffrey Marks --|t "Some Women We Should Be Reading" /|r Ed Gorman. |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |t "Beyond Christie and Kinsey: The Twelve Best Women Mystery Writers You Never Heard Of" /|r Thomas Leitch --|t A Conversation with Mary Higgins Clark /|r Jan Grape --|t A Mary Higgins Clark Checklist --|t Interview with Dorothy Cannell /|r Dean James --|t "I Owe It All to Nancy Drew" /|r Nancy Pickard --|t "What Sharon McCone Learned from Judy Bolton" /|r Marcia Muller --|t "Nancy Lies about Her Age" /|r Mary Blount Christian --|t "Writer's Bookshelf" /|r Margaret Maron. |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |t "The 10 Best Pieces of Writing Advice I Ever Received ..." /|r Margaret Maron --|t "Drifting Through the Library Stacks" /|r Sharon Zukowski --|t "Early Influences" /|r Annette Meyers, Wendy Hornsby and John Lutz --|t Interview with Elizabeth Peters /|r Dean James --|t An Elizabeth Peters Checklist --|t Ten Favorite Mysteries from Barbara Mertz --|t Interview with Sharan Newman /|r Dean James --|t "Women's Roles in the Ancient Mystery" /|r Lynda S. Robinson. |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |t "Tough Girls, Hard Cases" /|r Susan Wittig Albert --|t "The Lesbian Detective" /|r Ellen Hart --|t A Reader's Checklist of Lesbian Detectives /|r The Editors --|t "PC Hits the Mystery Scene -- and Gets Hit In Return" /|r Kathy Phillips --|t Interview with Val McDermid /|r Jerry Sykes --|t Interview with Patricia Cornwell /|r Paul Duncan --|t "Why Do They Call Them Cozies?" /|r Ellen Nehr --|t "Why I Don't Write Hard-Boiled" /|r Carolyn G. Hart --|t "Why I Don't Write Cozies" /|r Teri White. |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |t "The Darker Side of My Life" /|r Billie Sue Mosiman --|t "Midnight Louie: From Science Fiction to Feline Fiction" /|r Carole Nelson Douglas --|t "The Strange and True Story of a Woman Who Wrote Pulp Fiction" /|r Gayle Lynds --|t "Life With Ed" /|r Julie Smith --|t "Marti MacAlsiter: Tough Cop -- Tender Heart" /|r Eleanor Taylor Brand --|t "The Older They Get ..." /|r Elizabeth Daniels Squire --|t A Reader's Checklist of Older Women Sleuths /|r The Editors. |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |t "Something to Love and Laugh At (The Aristocratic Sleuth)" /|r Joyce Christmas --|t "How Cyberspace Is Changing the Writer's Life" /|r Barbara Paul --|t A Conversation with Marian Babson /|r Carol Harper --|t "Wendy Goes to the Morgue" /|r Wendy Hornsby --|t "Where Dottie Came From" /|r Gar Anthony Haywood --|t "The Life, Loves (and Twisted Fantasies) of a She-Writer" /|r Joan Hess --|t "The Proper Study of Mankind is Woman?" /|r John Lutz --|t "Writing Like a Girl" /|r Wendi Lee. |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |t "A Heroine for Me" /|r Liza Cody --|t Interview with Minnette Walters /|r Dean James --|t Interview with Elizabeth George /|r Crow Dillon-Parkin --|t "A Matter of Pedigree" /|r Deborah Adams --|t "How I Became Local Color" /|r Toni L.P. Kelner --|t "Translating English Into ..." /|r Barbara Burnett Smith --|t " 'I' Is Not Me" /|r Margaret Maron --|t A Checklist of Southern Mysteries /|r The Editors --|t Why We Love Kinsey Millhone /|r Bev DeWeese --|t Interview with Janet Evanovich /|r Adrian Muller. |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |t "Short and Sweet" /|r Edward D. Hoch --|t "The Long and Short of It" /|r Jan Burke --|t Interview with Nancy Pickard /|r Jeffrey Marks --|t A Nancy Pickard Checklist --|t "Murder She Writes: Interview with Joan Lowery Nixon" /|r Mary Blount Christian --|t "Pathways, Pointers, and Pearls: Interview with Carol Gorman" /|r Carol Crowley --|t "F as in Fascination" /|r Don Sandstrom --|t "Recycling in the New Millennium" /|r Susan Rogers Cooper --|t "Funny You Should Ask" /|r Barbara Burnett Smith. |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |t "Tale of Post-Feminist Gothic" /|r Carole Nelson Douglas --|t First Manuscript? /|r Jan Burke, Lynda S. Robinson and John Lutz --|t Interview with Mary Wings /|r Adrian Muller --|t Interview with J.A. Jance /|r Rylla Goldberg --|t Interview with Sara Paretsky /|r Dean James --|t "Chipping Away at Affirmative Action" /|r P.M. (Pat) Carlson --|t "President Salutes Past, Looks to Future" /|r Annette Meyers --|t "Former Presidents Lead Celebration" /|r Eve K. Sandstrom. |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |t "Private Eye Writers of America 'A Very Personal Reflection'" /|r Robert J. Randisi --|t A Reader's Checklist of Female Private Eyes --|t A Visit with Marcia Muller /|r Jan Grape --|t A Marcia Muller Checklist --|t "On the Road without Charles Kuralt" /|r Marlys Millhiser --|t "Retrospect" /|r Joan Hess --|t "An Austin Country Mouse" /|r Mary Willis Walker --|t "There's Not Much Mystery Here ..." /|r Barbara Peters --|t "Collecting Women Authors" /|r Jean Swanson. |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |t A Sample of Collectible Mysteries by Women Writers --|t "An Independent Mystery Press ..." /|r Barbara Peters --|t Interview with Laurie King /|r Dean James --|t Interview with Charlotte MacLeod /|r Dean James. |
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