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Mystery Fiction Part 2 is
the second installment in a two-part series spotlighting
lesbian and
gay mystery writers.
Click here to view Part 1. |
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A reprint edition of
Roman Blood, the first
mystery
in
Steven Saylor's
Roma
sub Rosa series. |
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Gay Male Mystery Fiction has burgeoned in the United States in
the decades since Stonewall and has increasingly been issued by
mainstream presses. |
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Lesbian Mystery Fiction usually reflects a political stance, but
the most effective lesbian crime novels have been those that
enthusiastically embrace the need to entertain their readers. |
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 Michael Nava
(b. 1954) is a mystery writer who has increasingly been recognized as
an important novelist whose mature work transcends the limited
expectations of a popular and highly specialized genre. |
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 Steven Saylor (b. 1956) is best known for his highly successful
mystery novels set in ancient Rome, though he began his writing career
publishing erotica under the pen-name Aaron Travis. |
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 Sarah Schulman (b. 1958) is an author and playwright concerned
with constructing a lesbian identity around and against the
multicultural identities of New York City. |
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 Gore Vidal (b. 1925) is an
important contributor to the gay and lesbian literary heritage and a multifaceted writer whose works span many
genres including mysteries written under the pseudonym Edgar Box. |
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Monique Wittig (1935-2003)
was a controversial lesbian author and theorist who produced some of
the most challenging works of second-wave feminism including the
lesbian feminist crime novel
Les
Guérillères
(1969). |
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John Morgan
Wilson (b. 1945) is best known today as the author of a gay male
mystery series featuring a flawed and often exasperating amateur
detective named Benjamin Justice. |
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Cornell Woolrich
(1903-1968) was the author of popular hard-boiled fiction that
reflected his homosexuality obliquely. Many of his works were adapted
for radio, television, and film during his lifetime. |
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Related Special
Features |
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Interview:
Michael Craft, 2004
Interview:
Ellen Hart, 2003
Interview:
Samuel Steward, 1993
Spotlight:
Mystery Fiction Part I
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Photo
Credits: Images of Roman Blood and Steven Saylor courtesy
Steven Saylor. The image of Gore Vidal is a detail from a portrait by
Carl van Vechten, courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Division. The image of Sarah Schulman is a detail from a photograph
provided by Outright Speakers
and Talent Bureau. The image of Michael Nava is a detail from a
portrait by Stathis Orphanos (Copyright © Stathis Orphanos),
courtesy Stathis Orphanos. |
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