tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post1114640847601736283..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Jess Lourey On the Herstory of MysteryJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-4533755572723427112008-05-21T10:29:00.000-04:002008-05-21T10:29:00.000-04:00Very excellent. I look forward to this new read. I...Very excellent. I look forward to this new read. I haven't been interested in this genre until after reading <A HREF="http://www.alanrolnick.com/" REL="nofollow">Landmark Status</A>. Now, I look forward to finding more with the help of great reviews such as this one.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11244425245737901684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-23836136588459489942008-05-13T21:02:00.000-04:002008-05-13T21:02:00.000-04:00Whoops--should have posted this earlier! It's fina...Whoops--should have posted this earlier! It's finals week at the college where I teach, and life is crazy hectic now...<BR/><BR/>Anyways, Caroline Blanchard of Honolulu, Hawaii, won the free signed copy of August Moon. The correct answer to my question was Josephine Tey. Congratulations, Caroline!Jessica Loureyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157662092822156124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-1605519756123575992008-05-13T10:21:00.000-04:002008-05-13T10:21:00.000-04:00Christine, I absolutely need to check out Ngaio Ma...Christine, I absolutely need to check out Ngaio Marsh now. I had never heard of her. And Elizabeth, thank you for the list of more women to read! Isn't it great to be throwing around all the names of these amazing female authors?Jessica Loureyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157662092822156124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-91640901978185033592008-05-12T21:09:00.000-04:002008-05-12T21:09:00.000-04:00Add my vote for Ngaio Marsh and Josephine Tey, als...Add my vote for Ngaio Marsh and Josephine Tey, also Christianna Brand, Patricia Moyes, Patricia Wentworth. Then jump the Atlantic and a decade or two and add the mothers of American woman PI and cop mysteries: Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton, Susan Dunlap, Marcia Muller.Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-40296820461487050622008-05-12T19:08:00.000-04:002008-05-12T19:08:00.000-04:00I would also add Josephine Tey.I would also add Josephine Tey.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-91964440341707323692008-05-12T16:48:00.000-04:002008-05-12T16:48:00.000-04:00Ngaio Marsh is one you left out. I can't remember...Ngaio Marsh is one you left out. I can't remember where she was born but she lived and wrote in both New Zealand and England. Her first love may have been theater and she certainly had a lot to do with the theater scene in NZ when she returned there (just before WWII?). Her main characters are associated with the aristocratic Inspector Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard (including Agatha Troy, aChristinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18420887443584049202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-54979596595884230252008-05-12T13:00:00.000-04:002008-05-12T13:00:00.000-04:00Excellent article, Jess!Excellent article, Jess!Dana Fredstihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12802936840624512415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-75493543196762883862008-05-12T12:16:00.000-04:002008-05-12T12:16:00.000-04:00Well, thank you for calling me urbane. Here at th...Well, thank you for calling me urbane. Here at the high school I think I'm just viewed as vague and eternally smudged with chalk (at least by the students).<BR/><BR/>They also think I have bad shoes, which I do.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-28794117046499837072008-05-12T10:42:00.000-04:002008-05-12T10:42:00.000-04:00You are so much more well-read and urbane than me,...You are so much more well-read and urbane than me, Julia. I had never heard of Bertie Wooster before researching this blog post. You're my smart friend. :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks to Poe's Deadly Daughters for letting me post today!Jessica Loureyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157662092822156124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-26102442960744058012008-05-12T10:20:00.000-04:002008-05-12T10:20:00.000-04:00Thanks, Jess--some very interesting details here. ...Thanks, Jess--some very interesting details here. I didn't know many of these things, especially about Allingham, whose books I haven't read. <BR/><BR/>And I love the detail about Wimsey being part Bertie Wooster--a favorite character of mine.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.com