The "top five" thread has been great for me, as most of the
authors listed are new to me. I joined this list as I know my
tastes run more toward hard-boiled than toward cozy, but from
your lists, it is obvious I haven't read even some of the
most basic hard-boiled authors. As a consequence, I now have
a list of over two dozen authors to take to the library with
me next time I go and am looking forward to discovering at
least a couple of keepers from that list.
I'm sure you have discussed this long before I joined the
list, but I was interested to discover there was only one
female author on my long list: Dorothy Hughes. The reason
they are missing among the classic authors is fairly obvious,
but I am surprised more have not moved into this field in the
last couple of decades.
I'm not sure where the lines come between cozies,
"medium-boiled" and hard-boiled. I do know I would not
consider Marcia Muller or Jan Burke to be cozies. What do you
guys think? If you aren't bored to death with this topic, I'd
be interested in hearing what women you think are writing in
the hard-boiled genre.
Glad to see this list getting more active.
Teri
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