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Sarah Weinman

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Sara Weinman

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality
Canadian, American
Languages
English
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Career

Occupations
journalist, editor, news editor, crime fiction authority
Active Years
2012-2024
Affiliations
Publishers Marketplace

Education

Nepean High School
High School
Degree: High School Diploma
Country: Canada
McGill University
Country: Canada
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
Country: United States

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World

2018 Non-fiction

A non-fiction book about the kidnapping and captivity of 11-year-old Florence Sally Horner by a serial child molester, believed to have inspired Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita.

kidnappingtrue crimeliterary inspiration

Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free

2022 Non-fiction

A non-fiction account of how a convicted murderer persuaded various parties to secure his release.

murderjusticedeception

Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives

2013 Anthology 356 pages

An anthology collecting crime fiction by women writers from the 1940s and 1950s.

women crime writerscrime fiction

Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s

2015 Anthology 1512 pages

A Library of America boxed set republishing eight suspense novels by women from the 1940s and 50s.

suspensewomen writers

Bibliography

  • The Real Lolita (2018)
  • Scoundrel (2022)
  • Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives (2013)
  • Women Crime Writers (2015)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
detailed true crime investigationrediscovery of women writers
Recurring Motifs
forgotten crimesintersection of literature and reality

Legacy

Renowned journalist, editor, and author specializing in crime fiction, particularly editing and republishing works by women crime writers from the 1940s-50s, and true crime non-fiction.

Trivia

  • Year of birth missing
  • Native of Ottawa, Canada
  • Classified under Jewish Canadian writers