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Title:

Women of mystery : three writers who forever changed detective fiction / producer-director Pamela Beere Briggs ; producer-cinematographer William McDonald ; narration written by Maureen Reddy, Pamela Beere Briggs, William McDonald.

Publisher:

New Day Films,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Paretsky, Sara--Interviews.
Grafton, Sue--Interviews.
Muller, Marcia--Interviews.
Detective and mystery stories--Authorship.
Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Cities and towns in literature.
Women novelists, American.
Detectives in literature.
Warshawski, V. I. (Fictitious character)
Millhone, Kinsey (Fictitious character)
McCone, Sharon (Fictitious character)

Other Authors:

Briggs, Pamela Beere, screenwriter. producer, screenwriter. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96019748
McDonald, William, producer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85006038
Williams, JoBeth, narrator. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no90001349
Paretsky, Sara, interviewee. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83160499
Grafton, Sue, interviewee. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81098191
Muller, Marcia, interviewee. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81145824
New Day Films. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50060648

Notes:

Special features: production stills, trailer for the film: Mysterious California: four authors. Narrator, JoBeth Williams.

Summary:

Sara Paretsky, creator of V.I. Warshawski, Sue Grafton, creator of Kinsey Millhone, and Marcia Muller, creator of Sharon McCone, discuss their characters in the locales of the novels: San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Chicago. Explores how they conduct research for their novels and the writing process.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)316804066

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)