Suzanne Blanc
American mystery writer (1915 − 1999)
About Suzanne Blanc
Lived 1915 – 1999 (aged 83–84). Suzanne Blanc was an American crime fiction writer.
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.
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." Of The Green Stone, Kirkus Reviews said, "Atmosphere, incidents and personalities persuasively combined."
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Who was Suzanne Blanc?
American mystery writer (1915 − 1999)
When was Suzanne Blanc born?
Suzanne Blanc was born in 1915 in Springfield.
When did Suzanne Blanc die?
Suzanne Blanc died on 5 October 1999.
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Suzanne Blanc was a crime fiction writer.
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Suzanne Blanc was American.
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