Dorothy B. Hughes (1904–1993) was a mystery author and literary
critic. Born in Kansas City, she studied at Columbia University and
won an award from the Yale Series of Younger Poets for her first
book, the poetry collection Dark Certainty (1931). After writing
several unsuccessful manuscripts, she published The So Blue Marble
in 1940, winning praise for its terse, hard-boiled prose.
Hughes published thirteen more novels, the best known of which are
The Fallen Sparrow (1942), Ride the Pink Horse (1946), In a
Lonely Place (1947). All three were made into successful films. In
the early fifties, Hughes largely stopped writing fiction,
preferring to focus on criticism, for which she would go on to win
an Edgar Award. In 1978, the Mystery Writers of America presented
Hughes with the Grand Master Award for literary achievement.
Sara Paretsky is the author of the bestselling V.I. Warshawski
novels, including, most recently, Bleeding Kansas. Paretsky is the
winner of many awards, including the Cartier Diamond Dagger award
for lifetime achievement from the British Crime Writers’
Association. She lives in Chicago.
"[An] excellent novel … A sympathetic study of the development of a
criminal."
*The New York Times*
"Nobody but Dorothy Hughes can cast suspense into such an uncanny
spell, and she’s never done it better."
*The San Francisco Chronicle*
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