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Phyllis A. Whitney

フィリス・エー・ホイットニー

Phyllis A. Whitney

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1903-09-09 （Yokohama, Japan）
死没
2008-02-08 （Faber, Virginia, United States） 104歳
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Yokohama (early childhood) → Asia (early years) → Chicago (after parents' death) → Staten Island, New York (long-term residence) → Faber, Virginia (final residence)

経歴

職業
Author, Novelist, Writer
活動期間
1941年〜2008年

受賞歴

Edgar Award (Best Juvenile Novel)
1961
対象作品: The Mystery of the Haunted Pool
主催: Mystery Writers of America
結果: 受賞
Edgar Award (Best Juvenile Novel)
1964
対象作品: The Mystery of the Hidden Hand
主催: Mystery Writers of America
結果: 受賞
Grand Master Award
1988
主催: Mystery Writers of America
結果: 受賞（生涯業績）
Lifetime Achievement Award
1990
主催: Romance Writers of America
結果: 受賞（生涯業績）

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

A Place for Ann

1941年 Mystery/Romance

A young woman's search for independence and relationships. An early novel showing the seeds of her later romantic suspense style.

romancecoming of agerelationships

The Mystery of the Haunted Pool

1960年 Young adult mystery / Gothic

A young protagonist unravels mysteries surrounding a mansion and its eerie pool; a gothic-tinged mystery.

gothicyoung independencesecrets

The Mystery of the Hidden Hand

1963年 Young adult mystery / Suspense

A suspense novel for young readers in which the protagonist uncovers a dark history hinted at by a 'hidden hand.'

mysteryhidden historydetective elements

全著作

  • A Place for Ann (1941)
  • A Star for Ginny (1942)
  • A Window for Julie (1943)
  • Red is for Murder (1943)
  • The Mystery of the Haunted Pool (1960)
  • The Mystery of the Hidden Hand (1963)
  • Amethyst Dreams (1997)
  • Dream of Orchids (1985)
  • Guide to Fiction Writing (1982)
  • Writing Juvenile Stories and Novels (1976)

作風・主題

文体
romantic suspensegothic-tinged atmospheric descriptionplot-driven, accessible narration
頻出モチーフ
isolated mansionssecret artifactsyoung women coming into independence

健康

  • Pneumonia
    2008年2月（最期）
    Cause of death

評価・遺産

Phyllis A. Whitney was a bestselling author of romantic suspense and young-adult mysteries, sometimes dubbed the 'Queen of American Gothics.' Her papers and correspondence are held by the College of Staten Island archives.

記念館・博物館

  • College of Staten Island Archives Staten Island, New York, United States

関連学会

  • Mystery Writers of America
  • Romance Writers of America

資料所蔵先

  • College of Staten Island Special Collections and Archives

大衆文化への影響

  • Often referred to in media as the 'Queen of American Gothics'

引用

  • “The girls in my books are out solving their own problems. They’ve always been women’s libbers because . . . I’ve always done what I wanted to do."
    出典: Interview in Parade magazine (1975); quoted in Los Angeles Times obituary (1975年)

豆知識

  • Wrote 73 novels in her lifetime (39 for adults, 20 for young adults, 14 for children).
  • Born in Yokohama in 1903 to American parents.
  • Died in 2008 at age 104.
  • Books were published in more than thirty countries.
  • She disliked being labeled 'Queen of the American Gothics' and preferred to call her work 'romantic novels of suspense.'