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Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 306
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Dictionary of literary biography complete online
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Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 306.
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Dictionary of literary biography complete online.
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| Contents |
Michael Avallone (1925-1999) -- Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1993) -- Gil Brewer (1922-1983) -- Paul Cain (Peter Ruric, George Sims) (1902-1966) -- Robert Campbell (1927- ) -- John Dickson Carr (1906-1977) -- Mary Higgins Clark (1929- ) -- Patricia Cornwell (1956- ) -- Amanda Cross (1926- ) -- Lester Dent (1904-1959) -- Dominick Dunne (1925- ) -- Stanley Ellin (1916-1986) -- Elizabeth George (1949- ) -- Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) -- Tony Hillerman (1925- ) -- Edward D. Hoch (1930- ) -- Evan Hunter [Ed McBain] (1926- ) -- Emma Lathen (1927-1997) -- Frances and Richard Lockridge (1896-1963; 1898-1982) -- Dennis Lynds (Michael Collins) (1924- ) -- Francis Van Wyck Mason (1901-1978) -- John D. MacDonald (1916-1986) -- Helen McCloy (1904-1992) -- Sharyn McCrumb (1948- ) -- Ralph McInerny (1926- ) -- Walter Mosley (1952- ) -- Michael Nava (1954- ) -- Sara Paretsky (1947- ) -- Robert B. Parker (1932- ) -- George Pelecanos -- Mary Roberts Rinehart -- Rex Stout (1886-1975) -- S.S. Van Dine (Willard Huntington Wright) (1889-1939) -- Judith Van Gieson (1941- ). |
| Summary |
Essays on authors whose lives span the twentieth century and serve as examples in the complex evolution of an immensely popular genre that has been greatly affected by market forces. Their careers and works reveal changing perspectives on crime and punishment in American society and culture. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi: Gale, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. |
| Original Version |
Original: 475 p. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: Internet. |
| Subject |
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Authors, American. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Detective and mystery stories, American.
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Detective and mystery stories, American. |
| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery stories, American.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Anderson, George Parker, 1957-
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Gale Group.
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| ISBN |
0787668435 |
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9780787668433 |
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