Sarah Dreher (1937–2012)
Author of Stoner McTavish
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Works by Sarah Dreher
Stoner McTavish 1 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1937-03-26
- Date of death
- 2012-04-02
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Wellesley College
Purdue University (Psychology) - Occupations
- clinical psychologist
playwright - Short biography
- Renowned American playwright, clinical psychologist, and mystery novelist. Graduated with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan. Achieved widespread literary acclaim for her eight-volume Stoner McTavish lesbian detective novel series. Won the inaugural Theatre Rhinoceros Lesbian Playwriting Contest and multiple Lambda Literary Awards. Explicitly identified as an openly lesbian woman.
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA
- Places of residence
- Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA (birth)
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA - Place of death
- Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Massachusetts, USA
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Gosh, I'm so predictable. Let me quote from the back: "Lesbian mystery/adventure novel"! I've been seeing books by Dreher in every used bookstore I visit, and I finally bought one last weekend. Luckily, it turned out to be the first.
It was good. Not the most fast-paced thing ever, but with loads of great characters, poetic descriptions of the western US landscape, and lots of emotional processing (coming out, homophobia/etc., family issues, abuse, the works---but very well done). It made me show more miss Colorado, but it doesn't take much to do that. I was slightly surprised to find that I understood almost all the cultural references, considering it was published three years before I was born.
The only real lacks in the book were a more fleshed-out villain and some typesetting errors that made the very clever and fast-paced dialogue difficult to read. (Lots of dropped beginning and ending quotes, speakers not being distinguished so that sometimes I had to reread it and count even and odd lines, and no way to distinguish internal dialogue from third-person-ish description. You know what I mean? When characters talk to themselves in italics? Italics would have been really helpful.)
Not a masterpiece, but it's so cool that books like this exist. show less
It was good. Not the most fast-paced thing ever, but with loads of great characters, poetic descriptions of the western US landscape, and lots of emotional processing (coming out, homophobia/etc., family issues, abuse, the works---but very well done). It made me show more miss Colorado, but it doesn't take much to do that. I was slightly surprised to find that I understood almost all the cultural references, considering it was published three years before I was born.
The only real lacks in the book were a more fleshed-out villain and some typesetting errors that made the very clever and fast-paced dialogue difficult to read. (Lots of dropped beginning and ending quotes, speakers not being distinguished so that sometimes I had to reread it and count even and odd lines, and no way to distinguish internal dialogue from third-person-ish description. You know what I mean? When characters talk to themselves in italics? Italics would have been really helpful.)
Not a masterpiece, but it's so cool that books like this exist. show less
This was my second Stoner Mctavish book. And I have to say that while it was a pretty far stretch. Don't get me wrong, I love sci-fi/time-travel plots, but they have to be well thought out. There were just a bit too many "yeah right"s in this adventure for me to be able to recommend it.
Oct 12, 2024German
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