Murder in the English Department (Womansleuth) - Softcover

Valerie Miner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0895942305 ISBN 13: 9780895942302

Publisher: Crossing Press, 1982

Synopsis

Classic mystery with university setting, with feminist professor as sleuth

About this title

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Crossing Press
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0895942305
• ISBN 13: 9780895942302
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 169