Eve Zaremba
Eve Zaremba (born 1930 in Kalisz, Poland)[1] is a Canadian mystery writer.[1] She has published several novels focusing on Helen Keremos, a private detective who has been described the first lesbian character in literary history to be the main character in an ongoing series of mystery novels.[2]
Born in Poland, Zaremba moved to the United Kingdom with her family at the start of World War II, spending the remainder of her childhood in Scotland and England.[2] She later emigrated to Canada in 1952,[2] and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1963.
In addition to her writing, Zaremba was a co-founder of Broadside, A Feminist Review, one of Canada's first major lesbian publications, and of the Lesbian Organization of Toronto.[2] She has also worked in advertising, marketing, real estate and publishing, as well as owning a used book store.[2]
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Works
Novels
- A Reason to Kill (1978)
- Work for a Million (1986)
- Beyond Hope (1987)
- Uneasy Lies (1990)
- The Butterfly Effect (1994)
- White Noise (1997)
Non-fiction
- Privilege of Sex: A Century of Canadian Women (1972)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 W. H. New, Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada (p. 1234). University of Toronto Press, 2002. ISBN 0802007619.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Robert Aldrich and Garry Votherspoon, Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History Vol. 2: From World War II to the Present Day. p. 460. Taylor & Francis, 2001. ISBN 0203994086.
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