Sarah Weinman

Sarah Weinman is a journalist, editor, and crime fiction authority from Brooklyn, New York.[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 Lolita.[2][3][4]

Sarah Weinman
Sarah Weinman author photo
OccupationNews Editor, Publishers Marketplace
ResidenceBrooklyn, NY
Notable worksWomen Crime Writers, Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives

Early life and education

Weinman is a native of Ottawa, Ontario, where she graduated from Nepean High School.[5] She graduated from McGill University.[6]

Professional career

Weinman edited the compendium Women Crime Writers which republishes crime fiction by women written in the 1940s and 1950s.[7] and 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.[8] Her essays have been featured in Slate, the New York Times, Hazlitt Magazine and the New Republic. She has published a weekly newsletter about crime fiction called The Crime Lady since January 2015.[9]

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 9780062661920.

Collections

Essays
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References
  1. Gallagher, Cullen. "Women in Crime: An Interview with Sarah Weinman". Paris Review. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  2. "The forgotten real-life story behind Lolita". The Sunday Edition. CBC Radio. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  3. McAlpin, Heller (2018-09-11). "'The Real Lolita' Investigates The True Crime Story Of Sally Horner". NPR.
  4. Waldman, Katy (2018-09-17). "The Salacious Non-Mystery of "The Real Lolita"". The New Yorker.
  5. https://artsfile.ca/the-real-lolita/
  6. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/244394/sarah-weinman
  7. "Women Crime Writers". The Library of America. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  8. Cha, Steph. "Dormant Superheroines: Steph Cha interviews Sarah Weinman". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  9. "The Crime Lady". Tiny Letter. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
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