--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Moore"
<moorich@...> wrote:
>
> In Allen Hubin's usually very accurate massive
bibliography CRIME
> FICTION IV, Pauline C(Coggeshall) Smith (1908-1994)
is listed as the
> author of two novels CARNAL GREED (Newstand Library
1960) and NOTHING
> BUT BLOOD (Chicago Paperback House 1962).
>
> Hubin does not indicate she was a penname of Robert
A. Arthur, radio
> producer and writer for programs such as "The
Mysterious Traveler"
> and "Murder by Experts", both of which won MWA
Edgars. He was also
> ghost editor for many of the Alfred Hitchcock
anthologies and the
> author of many fine short stories himself. By the
way, a few years
> ago I discovered a truly fine writer by the name of
Elizabeth Arthur
> and only belatedly learned that she was the daughter
of Robert A.
> Arthur.
>
> Pauline C. Smith did have many stories in the
mystery digests. She
> may have also had other novels published (sleeze and
otherwise) but
> Hubin only covers crime fiction.
>
Only a serious comparison of writing style could clarify
this, probably. Smith versus Arthur and possibly versus
LaSalle. And who else?
Best,
mrt
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