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Dorothy B. Hughes
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Dorothy B. Hughes (1904–1993) was a mystery author and literary critic. Born in Kansas City, she studied at Columbia University, and won an award from the Yale Series of Younger Poets for her first book, the poetry collection Dark Certainty (1931). After writing several unsuccessful manuscripts, she published The So Blue Marble in 1940. A New York–based mystery, it won praise for its hardboiled prose, which was due, in part, to Hughes’s editor, who demanded she cut 25,000 words from the book. Hughes published thirteen more novels, the best known of which are In a Lonely Place (1947) and Ride the Pink Horse (1946). Both were made into successful films. In the early fifties, Hughes largely stopped writing fiction, preferring to focus on criticism, for which she would go on to win an Edgar Award. In 1978, the Mystery Writers of America presented Hughes with the Grand Master Award for literary achievementDorothy B. Hughes Books
Crime Novels: Five Classic Thrillers 1961-1964 (LOA #370)
Geoffrey O'BrienThe Blackbirder
Dorothy B. HughesThe Bamboo Blonde
Dorothy B. HughesIn a Lonely Place
Dorothy B. HughesThe Bamboo Blonde
Dorothy B. HughesThe Candy Kid
Dorothy B. HughesThe Cross-Eyed Bear Murders
Dorothy B. HughesThe Davidian Report
Dorothy B. HughesThe Delicate Ape
Dorothy B. HughesDread Journey
Dorothy B. HughesThe Fallen Sparrow
Dorothy B. HughesJohnnie
Dorothy B. HughesRide the Pink Horse
Dorothy B. HughesThe Scarlet Imperial
Dorothy B. HughesThe So Blue Marble
Dorothy B. HughesThe Expendable Man
Dorothy B. Hughes