WOMEN CRIME WRITERS
Final Day - Thursday, December 17
WOMEN CRIME WRITERS, a new two-volume set from Library of America, redefines the classic era of American crime fiction with a collection of eight novels by the female pioneers of the genre, including works by Patricia Highsmith, Vera Caspary, Dorothy B. Hughes, Charlotte Armstrong, Dolores Hitchens, and others. Available at our concession during the series.
Special thanks to Geoffrey O’Brien, David Jennings, Michael Horne (Sony Repertory), Joe Reid (20th Century Fox), Fleur Buckley (BFI, London), Nicole Woods, Kristie Nakamura (Warner Bros.), Brian Belovarac (Janus Films), Amélie Garin-Davet (French Cultural Services, New York), Eric Di Bernardo, Adrienne Halpern (Rialto Pictures), and Paul Ginsburg (Universal Pictures)
Programmed by Bruce Goldstein
Series Advisor: Geoffrey O’Brien
Reviews
“A FASCINATING SERIES... [The book set and series] pays tribute to the female writers who supplied a vital counterbalance to the testosterone-heavy genre in the 1940s and ‘50s.”
– The New York Times