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Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
AuthorBooks · Second hand1926-2003
Carolyn Heilbrun was an American academic at Columbia University, the first woman to receive tenure in the English department, and a prolific feminist author of academic studies. In addition, beginning in the 1960s, she published numerous popular mystery novels, under the pen name of Amanda Cross. These have been translated into numerous languages and in total sold nearly one million copies worldwide.
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About Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
Birth
1926
Death
2003
Carolyn Heilbrun was an American academic at Columbia University, the first woman to receive tenure in the English department, and a prolific feminist author of academic studies. In addition, beginning in the 1960s, she published numerous popular mystery novels, under the pen name of Amanda Cross. These have been translated into numerous languages and in total sold nearly one million copies worldwide.
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun was a prominent American academic and writer who explored literature through a feminist lens.
Under the pseudonym Amanda Cross, she wrote a popular series of detective novels featuring Kate Fansler.
Her prolific career spans a total of 72 works, ranging from fiction and non-fiction to literary analysis.
Born in East Orange in 1926, she dedicated much of her life to university teaching and academic research.
Her most recognized work, The Question of Max, is noted for blending the detective genre with sharp intellectual insight.
