Sarah Weinman Explained

Sarah Weinman
Occupation:News editor, publishers marketplace
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Notableworks:Women Crime Writers
Troubled Daughters
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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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gallagher. Cullen. Women in Crime: An Interview with Sarah Weinman. Paris Review. January 28, 2018.
  2. News: The forgotten real-life story behind Lolita . September 9, 2019 . The Sunday Edition . CBC Radio . September 9, 2018.
  3. Web site: 'The Real Lolita' Investigates The True Crime Story Of Sally Horner. NPR. Heller. McAlpin . September 11, 2018.
  4. The Salacious Non-Mystery of "The Real Lolita". The New Yorker. Katy. Waldman . September 17, 2018.
  5. Web site: Book Marks reviews of The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman. 2021-03-15. Book Marks. en-US.
  6. Web site: McAlpin. Heller. 11 September 2018. 'The Real Lolita' Investigates The True Crime Story Of Sally Horner. 2021-03-15. NPR.org. en.
  7. Web site: Hand. Elizabeth. 2018-09-07. The case that partly inspired 'Lolita' — despite what Nabokov said. 2021-03-15. Los Angeles Times. en-US.
  8. News: Corrigan. Maureen. 7 September 2018. Was 'Lolita' inspired by a true crime? A new book offers tantalizing evidence it was.. 15 March 2021. The Washington Post.
  9. Web site: Brown. Lillian. 24 September 2018. The real 'Lolita' gets her due. 15 March 2021. The Boston Globe.
  10. Web site: Robb. Peter. 18 September 2018. Ottawa's Sarah Weinman tells the story of The Real Lolita. 15 March 2021. ARTSFILE.
  11. Web site: Sarah Weinman Penguin Random House. 2021-03-15. PenguinRandomhouse.com. en-US.
  12. Web site: Women Crime Writers. The Library of America. January 28, 2018.
  13. Web site: Cha. Steph. Dormant Superheroines: Steph Cha interviews Sarah Weinman. Los Angeles Review of Books. January 28, 2018.
  14. Web site: The Crime Lady. Tiny Letter. January 28, 2018.

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