Synopsis
A very promising work in which Dr. Nan Weaver discovers the body of a fellow teacher at Berkeley and finds herself brought to trial for murder. Good characterization and family subplots keep the tension up. - The Mystery Lover's Companion, Art Bourgeau
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About the Author
Valerie Miner is the award-winning author of fourteen books, including novels, short fiction collections, and nonfiction. Miner’s work has appeared in the Georgia Review, TriQuarterly, Salmagundi, New Letters, Ploughshares, the Village Voice, Prairie Schooner, the Gettysburg Review, the Times Literary Supplement, the Women’s Review of Books, the Nation, and other journals. Her stories and essays have been published in more than sixty anthologies. A number of her pieces have been dramatized on BBC Radio 4. Her work has been translated into German, Turkish, Danish, Italian, Spanish, French, Swedish, and Dutch. She has won fellowships and awards from the Rockefeller Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Jerome Foundation, the Heinz Foundation, the Bogliasco Foundation, Fundación Valparaiso, the Australia Council Literary Arts Board, and numerous other organizations. She has received Fulbright fellowships to Tunisia, India, and Indonesia. Winner of a Distinguished Teaching Award, she has taught for over twenty-five years and is now a professor and artist in residence at Stanford University. She travels internationally giving readings, lectures, and workshops. Her website is www.valerieminer.com.
Review
“Valerie Miner’s characterization of professors is a merciless delight.” —Rita Mae Brown
“A totally compelling and utterly modern mystery . . . A sparkling, hope-giving book.” —Judy Grahn
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First American edition. Fine in fine dust jacket with miniscule touch of bumping to the tips. First US edition. Hardcover. 169 pp. Nan Weaver, a feminist assistant professor at Berkeley becomes the prime suspect when a chauvinistic male colleague is found murdered, though she knows who the real killer is. The book is a "Womansleuth" mystery that blends academia, feminism, and a fight for justice as Nan navigates campus politics and a murder investigation. Seller Inventory # E35406
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