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436:(1970), took him three years to write and then three months to rewrite after Joan Kahn, the mystery editor at Harper's, sent him a detailed critique, telling him to "beef up" one of his secondary characters. "Ironically," Hillerman said, "that character was Joe Leaphorn. I'd originally had a white anthropologist as the protagonist. I owe my career to Joan Kahn."
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386:. He had a terrific idea for a novel, assigning a black policeman down South to work with a redneck sheriff, and sent it off to the greatest mystery editor who ever lived, Joan Kahn. She painstakingly worked with Ball to rewrite again and again, finally pulling a book out of him that was good enough to win the Edgar Allan Poe Award.
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A special Edgar will go to Joan Kahn, who retires this year after a legendary career as an editor. Over the years, any mystery that carried the imprint 'A Joan Kahn Book' has meant good reading; these have included novels from such writers as Tony
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for Lord's assertions ("Graham Lord is guessing and he has no hard facts") rather than the assertions themselves ("The amount of sharing we do is private"). At the time of his wife's death one year later, Francis did not depart significantly from his previous statements (stressing again that she was
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Kahn never married and had no children. After a brief illness, she died on
October 12, 1994, in Manhattan. Kahn was survived by her younger sister, artist Olivia Kahn, and three nephews. Olivia had also been Joan's colleague at Harper, acting as an advisor and manuscript reader, and shortly after her
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From its inception in 1956 until 1973, by far the most frequent version of this imprint was "A Joan Kahn-Harper Novel of
Suspense." Starting in 1973, Harper experimented with a number of variations on this formula before abandoning it altogether in 1976, in favor of, simply, "A Joan Kahn Book," the
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But before there were reviews, there had to be a published book. And that took some doing. It also took three years. Publishers were leery of my matter-of-fact, non-apologetic approach to a subject that the rule book said had to be treated sensationally or not at all. At last a brave lady named Joan
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One of the best editors I know has never had her name on a book until this season. You know the reliable quality of the "Harper Novels of
Suspense," and the disproportionate frequency with which they turn up on my Best-of-the-Year lists. Well, it is Joan Kahn who has, over the past two decades, made
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in 1968, Kahn initially viewed the Harper job as merely a "temporary thing," and never more so than when poring through roughly 200 previously rejected manuscripts, the reevaluation of which was one of the first tasks assigned the fledgling "Harper Novels of
Suspense" team. However, when one of the
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and Joseph Hansen's unapologetically gay insurance investigator Dave
Brandstetter. Looking back in 1985, fifteen years after the fact, and again almost two decades later, Hansen recalls both the initial agonizing delay in publication and the ensuing mutual incredulity when Kahn finally came to the
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As an editor, Kahn was both devoted to her authors and extremely demanding – by her own account, "a nasty editor." She would not buy a book until it was fully fit to print; to that end, she worked long hours collaborating with her prospective authors. Moreover, no amount of previously successful
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I was so bloody lucky. Here I was, absolutely untrained and a dame. In those days, women didn't get many jobs in publishing. I was a snotty little girl... I was scared. I didn't know what I was doing. But I happened to be working for very bright people, who gave me my head. They allowed me to
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shortly after the Lord biography, while downplaying the importance - not to mention the possibility - of determining exactly who contributed what, does lend strong support to Kahn's contention that Mrs. Francis' contribution extended well beyond what had been publicly acknowledged (as do the
148:(later Harper & Row), much of it spent creating and overseeing the longstanding "Harper Novel of Suspense" series. The Joan Kahn imprint, instituted during her Harper tenure, soon became a sought-after imprimatur for mystery connoisseurs. Some of Kahn's more celebrated signings include
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Kahn took a chance on me. When Kahn, magisterial mystery editor at Harper & Row, accepted this novel for publication, she wrote my agent, "Where's this writer been hiding?" I had to laugh to keep from crying. Hiding was the last thing I wanted to do... I'd been writing for 46 years.
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I left Harper with my heart breaking, but it was getting bigger and bigger. Since the only thing I really give a damn about is the authors, and they weren't being taken care of, I thought I'd better go and find a place that would love them more. I think little places can afford to do
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I couldn't have written the books without her. She had a university degree and education, which I didn't have. She was in a way a co-author, but she wouldn't take credit. I don't really know why. She didn't really like publicity, and she was quite happy for me to have all the
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Joan got letters from Dick, and the person who wrote those letters could not in my view have been the person who wrote the books. I can't think of any other situation in which this – deception is the wrong word – in which this kind of collaboration was kept under
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written the stories, but had, in each instance, received his wife's invaluable assistance both before and after the fact, in terms of research and editing, respectively. Mrs. Francis likewise took issue with Lord, though, curiously, her rebuttal addressed the
1441:. January 10, 2011. "McCormack (another Doubleday alumnus originally recruited by my father) told me that he had a previous good experience with Joan Kahn, a mystery editor who had been retired by Harper at age 65 and then gave St. Martin's ten great years.."
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Yes, Dick would like me to have all the credit for them but believe me, Graham, it's much better for everyone, including the readers, to think that he writes them because they're taut, masculine books that might otherwise lose their
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They have always done these things together. They go and research them together and talk about the plots. Dick writes bits and she writes bits and they put it together and exactly who finally polishes up every comma to me is really
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When I asked about some of these factors in a 1984 interview, Francis said – not once, but several times – that they were to "fill up the book." That sounds like the kind of answer one might give when one doesn't know the
468:, where Kahn would finish her career), is cited to the effect that, in 1980, Kahn, then 65, had simply been "retired" by her longtime employers. In any event, after leaving Harper, Kahn worked briefly at
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of suspense," "the doyenne of mystery editors," and "publishing's grande dame of detective stories," Kahn first came to prominence during her extended reign (1946-1980) at
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1644:"Hit of the Week: Murderous Writers Plot Mystery Weekend in Philly"
1206:"Junior Crime Stoppers Can Spring Into Action With Short Puzzlers"
1022:"Search results for 'A Joan Kahn' in the years 1974 through 1976"
1435:"Ruth Cavin, great editor and world's nicest person, gone at 92"
954:"Search results for 'A Joan Kahn-Harper Novel of Entertainment'"
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1662:. ALAMO, Inc. (Alamo Literary Arts Maintenance Organization).
1706:"Mary Francis, 76, Quiet Force Behind Dick Francis's Novels"
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1396:. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. V.
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Two of Kahn's key seventies signings, Tony Hillerman and
1569:"Search results for kw: 'Joan Kahn' au:Patrick McGinley"
1807:"Joan Kahn Collection - Browne Popular Culture Library"
1553:"Search results for kw: 'Joan Kahn' au:H. Paul Jeffers"
1485:"Search results for kw: 'Joan Kahn' au:Richard Bulliet"
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419:), recounted shortly after his death by Jack Adrian in
1987:"Search For Author Proves As Interesting As The Plot"
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1469:"Search results for kw: 'Joan Kahn' au:Jack S. Scott"
1195:"FOR CHILDREN: Mummies, Ghouls and Other Scary Stuff"
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Ready or Not: Here Come Fourteen Frightening Stories!
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in 1990, shortly after her retirement, she recalled:
1946:"'Handbook' Teaches the Fine Art of Reading to Kids"
1723:"Entertainment: Real-life mystery over Dick Francis"
1673:"Dick Francis Thrillers 'Were Ghost-Written by Wife"
1530:"Search results for kw: 'Joan Kahn' au:Jane Langton"
2031:"The Crime File: Suspense Anthology from Joan Kahn"
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2042:"In Suspense, Fiction's More Exciting Than Life"
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1261:(captioned photo promoting Kahn's first novel).
1069:"Joan Kahn, Respected Editor of Mysteries, Dies"
140:editor of her time. Described variously as the "
2075:"Writers Hear Good, Bad News About Publishing"
1774:"Which Francis Is The Author: Does It Matter?"
1753:"'Dick Francis: A Racing Life' by Graham Lord"
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884:"Doyenne of Suspense and the New Mother Crime"
1259:"Joan Kahn, author of 'To Meet Miss Long'..."
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2122:Nota Bene: News from the Yale Library
1998:"Books in Brief: 'Edge of the Chair'"
1952:. p. . Retrieved April 23, 2023.
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1642:Gallagher, Maria (October 6, 1989).
1450:Taylor, Robert (February 13, 1983).
1394:Fadeout: A Dave Brandstetter Mystery
1341:Baird, Newton. "Hansen, Joseph" in
773:A piece by Ann Carter, published in
132:, widely regarded as the preeminent
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2097:"Great Mysteries for Smart Readers"
1924:Hershman, Marcie (April 16, 1978).
1907:Kirsch, Robert (November 4, 1977).
1660:"Information on Bouchercons 1 - 32"
2124:. Spring 1996. Volume 6, Number 2.
1834:. Spring 1996. Volume 6, Number 2.
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2086:"Editor Who Loves a Good Mystery"
2020:"American Notebook: Mystery Lady"
1751:Keating, H.R.F. (November 1999).
1174:"Current Reading: Also Published"
1091:"American Notebook: Mystery Lady"
1892:"New on the Bookshelf; Suspense"
1875:"Books Today: Crime on my Hands"
1778:The Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel
1309:"The Dark Secrets Of Black Noir"
776:The Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel
632:Some Things Strange and Sinister
511:for Distinguished Contribution.
245:handful she ended up accepting,
2189:20th-century American novelists
2095:Mobert, Jo (December 1, 1985).
2084:Mobert, Jo (December 1, 1985).
1357:Demarr, Mary Jean, ed. (1995).
1178:The Charleston News and Courier
202:Art Students League of New York
2139:Bowling Green State University
2013:The New York Times Book Review
1976:"Decline of the Mystery Story"
1111:The New York Times Book Review
620:Some Things Dark and Dangerous
566:Hi, Jock, Run Around the Block
522:Bowling Green State University
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1851:November 16, 1969. See also:
1845:"The Gentles Tones of Terror"
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335:are not precisely negligible.
2219:Novelists from New York City
2108:"Suspense Novel Editor Dies"
2053:"Mysteries, Junior Division"
1970:The Lewiston Evening Journal
1594:. Mystery Writers of America
1592:"Ellery Queen Award Winners"
1136:"Mysteries, Junior Division"
654:Some Things Weird and Wicked
626:Some Things Fierce and Fatal
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2002:The St. Petersburg Times
1629:In the Heat of the Night
1388:Hansen, Joseph (2004) .
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1188:The Lumberton Robesonian
347:In the Heat of the Night
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2015:. November 13, 1967.
2009:"Criminals at Large"
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1295:. January 25, 1990.
1265:. February 28, 1943.
1263:The Hartford Courant
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2037:. November 2, 1969.
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2004:. November 5, 1967.
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888:The Chicago Tribune
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268:The Chicago Tribune
188:. An alumna of the
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2118:"A Joan Kahn Book"
2081:. October 7, 1982.
2057:The New York Times
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2007:Boucher, Anthony.
1993:. October 2, 1964.
1862:. January 4, 1970.
1860:The New York Times
1828:"A Joan Kahn Book"
1712:. October 9, 2000.
1710:The New York Times
1704:Carvajal, Doreen.
1695:February 14, 2010.
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1172:Baxter, Thomas R.
1167:The New York Times
1140:The New York Times
1121:The New York Times
1095:The New York Times
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866:Boucher, Anthony.
560:You Can't Catch Me
466:St. Martin's Press
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247:The Horizontal Man
241:The New York Times
238:As she would tell
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190:Horace Mann School
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2079:The Bend Bulletin
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1913:Los Angeles Times
1849:The Boston Globe.
1843:Johnson, Melvin.
1332:. September 2003.
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1161:Levitas, Gloria.
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