i've never heard of any of those people. seems like a
surprisingly high percentage of female writers for mystery. i
thought women wrote romance novels and cook books.
miker
> It's just George again, trying to take shortcuts
in
> his research.
>
> I've just received a call for papers on
historical
> crime fiction, but I'm not familiar with any of
the
> names listed. Would anyone consider any of
the
> following hard-boiled?
>
> Mary Jo Adamson; Simon Beauford; Lauren Belfer;
Ann
> Benson; Emily Brightwell; Molly Brown; Fiona
Buckley;
> Karen Rose Cerrone; P.F. Chisholm; Alys Clare;
Dianna
> Day; Dale Futurani; Karen Hooper; Michael
Jecks;
> Sharon Kay; Kate Kingsbury; Stephen Lewis;
Alys
> Kingsbury;
> Stephen Lewlis; Gillian Linscatt; A.E. Marston;
Ann
> McMillan; Margaret Monfredo; Fidelis Morgan;
Robin
> Paige; Owen Parry; Iain Pears; Sharon Kay
Penman;
> Linda S. Robinson; Caroline Roe; Candice Roff;
Laura
> Jak Rowland; Randall Salvis; Kate Sealey; Troy
Soos;
> Rosemary Stevens; Victoria Thompson; Leoney
Tourney;
> Peter Tremayne
>
> I hate to admit it, but I honestly don't think
I
> recognize a single name on that list.
>
> In the alternative, does anyone have a
favorite
> hard-boiled historical detective writer? The
only
> novel I can think of off the top of my head is
the
> Eliot Ness book Max A. Collins wrote, which I think
is
> called TRUE DETECTIVE and which sits in my TBR
pile.
> I know there are a number of others, but I can't
think
> of them and don't have access to my normal
research
> tools until the semester starts up again next
week.
> Aren't some of the Pelecanos D.C. novels
historical?
>
> If anyone is interested in the original call
for
> papers, let me know, and I'll be glad to forward
the
> entire email to you. It's for a book of essays
being
> edited by Ray Browne.
>
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