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Spotlight Mystery Fiction: Part 1
 
Mystery Fiction Part 1 is the first in a two-part series spotlighting lesbian and gay mystery writers. Click here to view Part 2.
 
 
Ellen Hart's
The cover of The Iron Girl (2005), a
Jane Lawless mystery by Ellen Hart.
 
 
Katherine V. Forrest (b. 1939) is an acclaimed writer and editor who has played a major role in bringing lesbian fiction to the forefront of the mystery and science fiction genres.
 
 
Richard Hall (1926-1992), a novelist, playwright, and critic, wrote a popular mystery entitled The Butterscotch Prince (1975), though his claim to lasting literary fame rests on his short fiction.
 
 
Joseph HansenJoseph Hansen (1923-2004) is best known as the author of the Dave Brandstetter mystery series, though he also published a considerable body of non-mystery fiction and poetry.
 
 
Ellen HartEllen Hart (b. 1949) is a prolific mystery author who writes "whydunits" rather than "whodunits." Her first book, Hallowed Murder (1989) introduced the Jane Lawless mysteries, a series which has won many awards.
 
 
Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) is the author of one explicitly lesbian novel as well as the popular series featuring the amoral bisexual Tom Ripley, which has inspired several films including The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999).
 
 
Val McDermid (b. 1955) is the award-winning Scottish author of three successful series of novels including one featuring lesbian investigative reporter Lindsay Gordon.
 
Related Special Features

Interview: Michael Craft, 2004
Interview: Ellen Hart, 2003

Interview: Samuel Steward, 1993

Spotlight: Mystery Fiction Part 2
 
Photo Credits: The images of The Iron Girl and Ellen Hart courtesy Ellen Hart. The image of Joseph Hansen is a portrait by Stathis Orphanos, courtesy Stathis Orphanos.
 
 
quiz: Mystery Fiction
         
    Click here to test your knowledge of queer mystery fiction and novelists from Katherine V. Forrest to Cornell Woolrich.
 
   
     Recommended Reading    
     
           Spotlight: Mystery Fiction Part 1 (above)
           Spotlight: Mystery Fiction Part 2
 
 
   
 

 
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