Women Authors Of Detective Series: Twenty-One American And British Writers, 1900-2000; Author: Reynolds, Moira Davison; Paperback

Author: Reynolds, Moira Davison
Paperback; Photographs, Bibliography, Index
168 pages
Published: May 2001
McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN: 0786409827
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While the roots of the detective novel go back to the 19th century, the genre reached its height around 1925 to 1945. This work presents information on twenty British and American women whowrote during the 20th century. As a group they were responsible for the great popularity of the detective novel in the first half of the century. The British authors are Sora Turnbull (Patricia Wentworth), Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Elizabeth Mackintosh (Josephine Tey), Gladys Mitchell, Margery Allingham, Edith Pargeter (Ellis Peters), Phyllis Dorothy James White (P.D. James), Gwendolyn Butler (Jennie Melville), and Ruth Rendell, and the Americans are Patricia Highsmith, Carolyn Heilbrun (Amanda Cross), Edna Buchanan, Kare Gallison, Sue Grafton, Sara Paretsky, Nevada Barr, Patricia CornwThis work presents information on 20 British and American women detective authors who wrote during the 20th century. British authors include: Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Gladys Mitchell and Ruth Rendell. US authors include Patricia Highsmith, Edna Buchanan, Sue Grafton and Megan Rust.