FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 12, 2004
SUE GRAFTON,
MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE AUTHOR,
TO SPEAK AT ABOUT HER LIFE AND CAREER
AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY
BOSTON – Sue Grafton, distinguished
mystery, crime, and suspense author, will speak about her
life and career at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center
at Boston University on December 6, 2004 , previewing her
new exhibition entitled SUE GRAFTON:
Woman of Mystery, opening to the public from December
7, 2004 through January 7, 2005.
Included in the exhibition are first
edition books, manuscript pages from a number of Grafton’s
novels, photographs, and memorabilia.
Grafton has been described by People
Magazine as “the best of a new breed of female
mystery writers.” In her stories featuring California
private investigator Kinsey Millhone, Grafton has chosen to
feature a heroine rather than the traditional male hero. She
draws on elements of the classic private eye genre, providing
a thoroughly up-to-date feminine version of Raymond Chandler’s
hard-boiled gumshoe.
She adapted a theme for titling her books
called the “alphabet series” that began in 1982
with A Is for Alibi, which
achieved international success with readership scoring in
the millions. This New York Times
bestselling author is published in 26 languages in 28 countries,
including Estonia , Bulgaria , and Indonesia.
Grafton’s latest book, R
is for Ricochet, was published in August 2004.
Grafton’s life’s work is
housed at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center along
with the archives of more than 2,000 other notable figures
of the twentieth century.
Sue Grafton’s
lecture is the sixteenth
Abraham S.
Burack Lecture.
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