I IS FOR INNOCENT (Pristine Signed & April 1992 Dated Copy

Grafton, Sue

Published by Henry Holt, USA, 1992

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Henry Holt, USA. 1992. First edition, first printing of the 'I' installment in a series of detective novels inspired by the alphabet. A pristine, unread copy in a spotless dustjacket, the book comes with unimpeachable razor-sharp boards and a solid, flawless spine, plus clean, untouched white pages. AS NEW and SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR ON 4-23-1992, Postage is higher than quoted. ================================================================================ Sue Taylor Grafton (April 24, 1940 December 28, 2017) was an American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the "alphabet series" ("A" Is for Alibi, etc.) featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California. The daughter of detective novelist C. W. Grafton, she said the strongest influence on her crime novels was author Ross Macdonald. Before her success with this series, she wrote screenplays for television movies. Sue Grafton was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to C. W. Grafton (1909 1982) and Vivian Harnsberger, both of whom were the children of Presbyterian missionaries.[2] Her father was a municipal bond lawyer who also wrote mystery novels and her mother was a former high school chemistry teacher.[3] Her father enlisted in the Army during World War II when she was three and returned when she was five, after which her home life started falling apart. Both parents became alcoholics and Grafton said "From the age of five onward, I was left to raise myself".[4][5] Grafton and her older sister Ann grew up in Louisville, where she went to Atherton High School.[5][6] She attended the University of Louisville (first year) and Western Kentucky State Teachers College (now Western Kentucky University) in her sophomore and junior years[7] before graduating from the University of Louisville in 1961 with a bachelor's degree in English Literature and minors in humanities and fine arts. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi.[8] After graduating, Grafton worked as a hospital admissions clerk, a cashier, and a medical secretary in Santa Monica and Santa Barbara, California.[8] Grafton's mother killed herself in 1960 after returning home from an operation to remove esophageal cancer brought on by years of drinking and smoking. Her father died in 1982, a few months before "A" Is for Alibi was published.[9] (Wikipedia).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: I IS FOR INNOCENT (Pristine Signed & April 1992 Dated Copy
• Publisher: Henry Holt, USA
• Publication Date: 1992
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)