Synopses & Reviews
Finally in paperback and now fully revised and updated through
"O" Is for Outlaw, the reader's companion to the world of Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone
With the cooperation of Sue Grafton, who provided unprecedented access to her working journals, authors Natalie Hevener Kaufman and Carol McGinnis Kay have created a fully dimensional biography of Kinsey Millhone that will answer every question readers have ever had. Here is a feast for Kinsey's fans, including such features as time lines, maps, floor plans, case logs, and photographs.
But this book is also a revealing journey into the mind and work habits of Kinsey's creator. You'll learn why Grafton chose to write detective fiction and how she responds to runaway plot lines and unruly characters. You will find out what titles she has discarded in the series, what she plans for Kinsey's future, and how she sees their evolving relationship. Ultimately, you'll understand why Grafton is so esteemed in the field of detective fiction and, from an analysis of her craft, why she has earned so prominent a place in American letters.
Review
"A dream come true for the many aficionados of bestselling mystery writer Sue Grafton. "-Kirkus Reviews
"The ultimate resource for Kinsey Millhone fans. "-Publishers Weekly
"Fans will devour it like Kinsey downs her Quarter Pounders."-Entertainment Weekly
Review
"Fans will devour it like Kinsey downs her Quarter Pounders."--
Entertainment Weekly"Entertaining, chatty, informative, and well researched."--Booklist
"The ultimate resource for Kinsey Millhone fans."--Publishers Weekly
"A dream come true...an astonishingly thorough analysis of the life of Kinsey Millhone."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-346) and index.
About the Author
Edgar-Award winning authors
Natalie Hevener Kaufman and
Carol McGinnis Kay are on the faculty at the University of South Carolina at Columbia. Kaufman is a legal scholar and Kay specializes in Shakespeare, and both have run panels on women and detective fiction for the Popular Culture Association.