Jordan wrote:
> I tend to shy away from female authors, because I
prefer male
> perspectives (for crime novels). But I'm willing to
look: who are the
> best female hard boiled & noir
authors?
Good timing. The Girl Detective and I are currently sifting
through a hip-deep pile of old pulps, paperback originals and
the like, looking for those very dames for an upcoming
anthology. The featurettes in the back of HELL OF A WOMAN
only scratched the surface. Not only do women write this
stuff, but they've been writing it just as long as the guys
have.
I think some of you will be surprised at some of the stuff
we're digging up. Anyone who thinks hard-boiled and noir is
exclusively a man's game is just gonna have to readjust their
mindsets.
I've found a few I'm dying to blab about, but I don't want to
scoop myself. Suffice it to say a lot of them wrote from a
"male perspective" (by which I assume you mean a male as
first person narrator or central protagonist). And, knowing
how "sensitive" some guys are, now as then, about their
he-man reading material, several of these women wrote using
male pen names.
So I'll be watching this thread with interest. And some of
you, be warned: I'll be contacting you soon.
Kevin Burton Smith The Thrilling Detective Web Site 10 Years
of P.I. Thrills
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