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Sarah Weinman
close up head shot of author sarah weinman in glasses
OccupationNews editor, publishers marketplace
Notable worksWomen Crime Writers
Troubled Daughters
Twisted Wives

Sarah Weinman is a journalist, editor, and crime fiction authority.[1] She has most recently written The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World about the kidnapping and captivity of 11-year-old Florence Sally Horner by a serial child molester, a crime believed to have inspired Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita.[2][3][4] The book received mostly positive reviews[5] from NPR,[6] The Los Angeles Times,[7] The Washington Post,[8] and The Boston Globe.[9]

Early life and education

Weinman is a native of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where she graduated from Nepean High School.[10] She later graduated from McGill University and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.[11]

Professional career

Weinman edited the compendium Women Crime Writers which republishes crime fiction by women written in the 1940s and 1950s.[12] Weinman also edited the anthology Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives, called "simply one of the most significant anthologies of crime fiction, ever." by the Los Angeles Review of Books.[13] Her essays have been featured in Slate, The New York Times, Hazlitt Magazine and The New Republic. Weinman has published a weekly newsletter about crime fiction called The Crime Lady since January 2015.[14]

Works

Non-fiction

  • Weinman, Sarah (September 11, 2018). The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World. Ecco (US). ISBN 978-0-06-266192-0.
  • Weinman, Sarah (February 22, 2022). Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free. Ecco (US). ISBN 978-0-06-289976-7.

Collections

Essays

References

  1. ^ Gallagher, Cullen. "Women in Crime: An Interview with Sarah Weinman". Paris Review. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  2. ^ "The forgotten real-life story behind Lolita". The Sunday Edition. CBC Radio. September 9, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  3. ^ McAlpin, Heller (September 11, 2018). "'The Real Lolita' Investigates The True Crime Story Of Sally Horner". NPR.
  4. ^ Waldman, Katy (September 17, 2018). "The Salacious Non-Mystery of "The Real Lolita"". The New Yorker.
  5. ^ "Book Marks reviews of The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman". Book Marks. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  6. ^ McAlpin, Heller (September 11, 2018). "'The Real Lolita' Investigates The True Crime Story Of Sally Horner". NPR.org. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  7. ^ Hand, Elizabeth (September 7, 2018). "The case that partly inspired 'Lolita' — despite what Nabokov said". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  8. ^ Corrigan, Maureen (September 7, 2018). "Was 'Lolita' inspired by a true crime? A new book offers tantalizing evidence it was". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  9. ^ Brown, Lillian (September 24, 2018). "The real 'Lolita' gets her due". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  10. ^ Robb, Peter (September 18, 2018). "Ottawa's Sarah Weinman tells the story of The Real Lolita". ARTSFILE. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  11. ^ "Sarah Weinman | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  12. ^ "Women Crime Writers". The Library of America. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  13. ^ Cha, Steph. "Dormant Superheroines: Steph Cha interviews Sarah Weinman". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  14. ^ "The Crime Lady". Tiny Letter. Retrieved January 28, 2018.

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