Carolyn G. Heilbrun (1926-2003) attended Wellesley College, class of 1947, and later received her graduate degrees in English Literature from Columbia University, where she joined the faculty in 1960, retiring in 1992 as the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities. She authored nine scholarly books in the fields of feminist literary criticism and autobiography. As Amanda Cross, she wrote fourteen academic mystery novels and several short stories, featuring Kate Fansler, an English professor and amateur sleuth.
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*Cosmopolitan*
Amanda Cross has created a sharp and witty heroine and writes a
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*New Statesman*
Amanda Cross delighted readers with Kate Fansler . . . the hero
we'd been waiting all our lives for
*Sara Paretsky*
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