I've just sent a post to DorothyL, asking for
recommendations. I'd be happy if some of you learned men on
this list would like to make some suggestions. Though
off-list, perhaps, since it's not really a Rara Avis thing. A
shortened version of what I wrote there is this:
> I'm just home from the St Hilda's Mystery Conference
in Oxford.
> Andrew Taylor was talking about the difficulties
that he has in
> writing major female characters in his books, and
the question came
> up whether either male or female writers can create
convincing
> characters of the opposite sex. He gave a lot of
examples of
> mistakes, or at least the wrong emphasis, that he
finds in what
> women writers do with their male characters, which
damages their
> credibility for him.
(He named Albert Campion as a Golden Age character whom he
finds convincing, partly because enough is left to the
reader's imagination to avoid many of the usual
problems.)
...
> I believe I'd like to do a bit of reading and
thinking about the
> topic.
> ...can you suggest a contemporary woman writer whom
you personally
> think is creating good, believable male characters;
and can you
> recommend some specific books, or characters, for me
to think about?
I'd be glad if you lot have any suggestions, too.
Marianne
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