GREENE, SISTERS IN CRIME RECEIVE GEORGE N. DOVE AWARD
Douglas G. Greene and Sisters in Crime received the George N.
Dove Award from the Detective/Mystery Caucus of the Popular
Culture Association and American Culture Association on April
5. The award was presented during the PCA/ACA's Annual
Conference in Boston.
Greene, professor of history and former director of the
Institute for Humanities at Old Dominion University in
Norfolk, Virginia, is the owner of Crippen & Landru,
publisher of short story collections of both classic and
contemporary mystery authors. He is also the author of the
Edgar Award-nominated _John Dickson Carr: The Man Who
Explained Miracles_ (1995) on locked-room mystery master
Carr. His work for publishers such as Dover Publications,
Harper, and Doubleday brought back many Victorian-era and
Golden Age detective works for the enjoyment of fans and
academics alike.
"Through his scholarship and extensive mystery publishing
activities, Dr. Greene exemplifies the spirit of George
Dove," said Marty S. Knepper, cochair of the caucus.
Sisters in Crime received a special Dove Award to mark its
20th year in the support of female mystery writers, enhancing
appreciation and study of their work in both academic and
popular venues. "All of us who read, teach, and study women
mystery writers owe a big debt to Sisters in Crime," Knepper
remarked.
The Dove Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the
serious study of mystery and crime fiction and is named for
the late George N. Dove, a pioneer in mystery scholarship.
Past recipients include distinguished author-critic H.R.F.
Keating; the late John M. Reilly, editor of _Twentieth
Century Crime and Mystery Writers_, and Margaret Kinsman and
Elizabeth Foxwell, executive editor and managing editor
respectively of the scholarly periodical _Clues: A Journal of
Detection_).
The PCA's Detective/Mystery Caucus is part of the Popular
Culture Association and American Culture Association, joint
organizations that support the scholarly interpretation and
critique of popular literature, film, TV, advertising, and
other forms of popular culture. Many of the members of this
large academic organization are teachers as well as
scholars.
### For further information: Dr. Marty S. Knepper, cochair of
PCA's Detective/Mystery Caucus:
knepper<at>morningside.edu
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