Suzanne Blanc

Suzanne Blanc
Born1915
DiedOctober 5, 1999
Other namesSuzanne B. Githens
OccupationWriter
Awards

Edgar Allan Poe Award, 1961 Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, 1962

Suzanne Blanc (1915 − October 5, 1999) was an American mystery writer who won an Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1961 and a Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in 1962 for her crime novel The Green Stone. She wrote three other mystery novels and contributed short stories to anthologies and periodicals, including Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.[1]

Her novels are set in Mexico and feature characters who suffer from a sense of isolation, according to Jane S. Bakerman in Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers. Bakerman describes Blanc as "a good writer whose canon, though slender, is strong."[2] Of The Green Stone, Kirkus Reviews said, "Atmosphere, incidents and personalities persuasively combined."[3]

  1. ^ "Suzanne Blanc". Contemporary Authors Online. Gale. 2003. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  2. ^ John M. Reilly, ed. (1980). "Blanc, Suzanne". Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers. MacMillan. pp. 141–42. ISBN 0-333-30107-2.
  3. ^ "The Green Stone". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved September 5, 2019.