Greg Swan
Bill Hagen wrote:
> I recently posted a speculation that Dorothy B.
Hughes, in 1942 (_The
> Fallen Sparrow_), may have been the first woman to
publish a novel with
> noir elements. No one suggested another, which I take
as a good sign (uh,
> so far), since I know some of you have read deeply in
the early stuff.
>
> Let me bother you with another question. Does anyone
know of any women
> publishing in the pulps--Black Mask, etc.--before
1940? (Perhaps someone
> publishing under a male name?) If I don't hear a
thing, I will again take
> it as a probable negative--until I can get to a major
research library.
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