Yes Bill, that's it! Craig Rice. And as far as I remember,
she helped Gypsy Rose Lee with her second mystery novel as
well. I've also heard about the two explanations (ghost/no
ghost), but most of what I read lately was in favor of the
ghost writer explanation.
Craig Rice also helped George Sanders (the actor)to write
'Crime on my Hands' (1944). But in fact she was also a
screenwriter for the Falcon series (with Sanders)during the
40s, so this could explain that...
E.Borgers HARD-BOILED MYSTERIES (with a new chapter: Nippon
Noir) http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
At 17:29 08-11-02 GMT, you wrote:
>Thanks for the further information, Etienne. I
thought I'd
>heard that Gunn wrote the book while in college, but
I
>didn't know it was done as a class
assignment.
>
>Rumor has it that Craig Rice ghosted THE G-STRING
MURDERS,
>but there are some who say Gypsy wrote it
herself.
>
>Bill Crider
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