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  American Mystery Writers of the Realist School
McCloy had been a newspaper correspondent herself, in Paris, so she was familiar with the profession from the inside.
McCloy's take on Fascism is that it is rooted in woman hatred, and rejection of a mother's tender care of children.
In contrast to these Nazi ideas, McCloy includes two female headed households in her work: one run by a widowed Scots farm woman, the other a marriage of two writers where it is the wife who earns the big bucks, and is the financial support of the family.
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 Joseph's Babel Tree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Clyde and Helen tried to have their children and grandchildren for dinner at their home on Larges in Southfield, Michigan every Sunday.
Helen was a businesswoman long before it was fashionable.
Helen was a direct decendent of the first settlers of Detroit (DeLisle, Riopelle, St. Aubin, Droulliard, Campau, and Livernois).
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 Mystery Writers of America - Helen McCloy/MWA Scholarship
The Helen McCloy/MWA Scholarship for Mystery Writing seeks to nurture talent in mystery fiction, nonfiction, playwriting, and screenwriting.
Helen McCloy (1904-1994) was a mystery author, editor, publisher, and agent.
Creator of psychiatrist sleuth Dr. Basil Willing, McCloy served as president of MWA in 1950, won the Edgar® for mystery criticism in 1954, helped to establish MWA's New England Chapter in 1971, and was named an MWA Grand Master in 1990.
www.mysterywriters.org /pages/news/mccloy.htm   (319 words)

  
 Crippen & Landru Books: The Pleasant Assassin and Other Cases of Dr. Basil Willing by Helen McCloy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Her short stories, for example, include “The Singing Diamonds,” which combines death, detection, and apparently genuine sightings of flying saucers (in the shape of diamonds), and in her classic “Through a Glass, Darkly,” McCloy deals with the issue of the doppelganger or the unknown double that we all (supposedly) have.
Helen McCoy was an Edgar-winning writer and past president of the Mystery Writers of America.
McCloy premiered her sleuth in the novel Dance of Death in 1938 and wrote ten short stories about his adventures over the years, all collected here.
www.crippenlandru.com /books.asp?ID=78   (791 words)

  
 DARD NEWS: Driving innovation in co armagh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Mrs McCloy also visited the farm of Philip and Helen Troughton at Drumnasoo Road, Portadown, and commended them on innovative developments in their respective businesses.
Helen Troughton's business is also leading the way in the equine world being the only approved Equine Artificial Insemination Centre in Northern Ireland.
Helen has received financial assistance from CARD towards the cost of specialist equipment for freezing equine semen.
www.dardni.gov.uk /pr2005/pr050054.htm   (549 words)

  
 The American Mystery Novel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Helen McCloy studied at the Sorbonne and served as a foreign art critic for several US magazines.
She was one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America, and was named a Grandmaster by the MWA in 1990.
Aspiring mystery writers may be interested in applying for the Helen McCloy Scholarship given by the MWA.
www.sldirectory.com /libsf/booksf/mystery/america.html   (1377 words)

  
 GORMAN, Anita G., (F), anita.gorman@sru.edu, SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY
The first essay, on Davis Dresser, has been published in American Hard-Boiled Crime Writers (Gale, 2000); the other essays, on Helen McCloy and Ralph McInerny, are in the hands of an editor.
Helen McCloy created the first detective whose day job was that of psychiatrist.
With the Basil Willing stories, McCloy tried to raise the level of detective fiction to a somewhat higher level than her husband had done with his Mike Shayne novels; she believed that the mystery could be as well written as any other novel
www.sru.edu /print/3934.asp   (335 words)

  
 Miscellaneous Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Obituaries
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jack R. McCloy Sr., in 1962; a son, James Charles McCloy in 1997; and a sister, Theda Loraine McLaughlan.
HELEN J. Helen J. Hebda Baluch, 83, of Brown Street, Everson, died Monday, Jan. 17, 2000, in Frick Hospital, Mt. Pleasant.
Helen was a lifetime and faithful member of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Everson, and also periodically attended St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Scottdale.
www.obitcentral.com /obitsearch/obits/pa/pa-allegheny43.htm   (5290 words)

  
 Mystery Writers of America - A Historical Survey
These were the final years of World War II and Helen McCloy mentions in a TTD article that Dick Lockridge, Howard Haycraft and Stuart Palmer were still in uniform when attending these first meetings.
Helen McCloy later wrote that the "members of the first Board of Directors were invited to serve by letter from Marie Rodell.
Helen McCloy said, "It was through MWA that I met Fred Dannay.
www.mysterywriters.org /pages/about/history.htm   (7173 words)

  
 Helen McCloy
Helen Warrell Clarkson McCloy was born in New York City.
In 1923 she went to France and studied at the Sorbonne.
She also wrote under the pseudonym 'Helen Clarkson'.
www.xs4all.nl /~embden11/Engels5/mccloy.htm   (144 words)

  
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She went down the north slope with the skiing instructor, and that was the last I ever saw of her.
Helen W. Thurber (W) & Rosemary Thurber Sauers (C); 22Dec75; R621645.
By Helen Bannerman, new artwork by Gustaf Tenggren.
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 Obituaries for October 26, 2004 | mountvernonnews.com
She was born Sept. 4, 1936, in West Virginia to Guy J. and Lena Ruth (Gobel) McCloy.
She was a homemaker, the loving mother of five children, and a member of the Coshocton Eagles Lodge 761.
She is survived by a son, Jim (Melissa) Wilkinson of Centerburg; grandchildren, Cynthia Wilkinson, Lisa Carter and James Ishler; three great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; four stepgreat-great-grandchildren; sister, Betty Gillespie; brother, Glen Solly; niece, Helen Amonette; other nieces and nephews.
www.mountvernonnews.com /obits/102604.html   (1001 words)

  
 Crescent Blues| Robin Hathaway: the Doctor is In - Page 3
I'm sure the mystery idea was planted in my mind at an early age, but didn't surface until much later.
We had a mystery writer in our family: Helen McCloy.
Hathaway: Obviously, Helen's writing influenced me. Others I have admired are Josephine Tey, Dorothy Sayers, Margery Allingham, Raymond Chandler.
www.crescentblues.com /2_2issue/hathaway3.shtml   (931 words)

  
 Patchword.com : Book Reviews
If anything illustrates so vividly how far we've travelled from those innocent, halcyon days of 1938, it must be this extract from Dance of Death, the first of three of Helen McCloy's stories published in one volume in 1973.
To connoisseurs of vintage crime, this is the golden age.
Dance of Death, which like the other two books features McCloy's psychologist and criminologist, Dr. Basil Willing, charts investigations into the appearance of the mysteriously over-heated corpse of a young debutante, found by street-cleaners in the snowy streets of New York.
www.patchword.com /patchword/reviews/detail.asp?rCSS=estilosL&Id=23   (794 words)

  
 Helen Mccloy at DustyBookS - search for Helen Mccloy books, used books, out of print books, rare books, books online, ...
Helen Mccloy at DustyBookS - search for Helen Mccloy books, used books, out of print books, rare books, books online, book search, children's books, entertainment book, old books, childrens books, antique books
Online book search for used books, out of print books and rare books by Helen Mccloy
If you cannot find the rare used or out of print book that you are looking for then let us know and we'll do our best to find it for you - there is no charge for our book search facility.
www.dustybooks.co.uk /helen-mccloy.html   (222 words)

  
 Alfred Hitchcock
Jack Ritchie's "Play a Game of Cyanide" is a light and playful story, as its title indicates.
Helen Mcloy's "Chinoiserie" is full of dreams from a vanished China.
Have a mind-blowing encounter with a group of terror tales by such masters of electric-shock suspense as Douglas Farr, William Brittain,
www.alfredsplace.com /mysterybooks.htm   (8272 words)

  
 Nuclear Holocausts Bibliography: M
Mark arrives with his wife Helen and teenaged daughter Payton and son Ben.
Act 1, Scene 4: Helen and Randy witness a distant explosion, and Civil Defence radio explains that the attack has begun.
Ben, though a young teenager, is the best-informed person around, and goes about opening doors and windows to protect against the threat of blast pressure breaking them and speculating about which cities may be hit.
www.wsu.edu /~brians/nuclear/m.htm   (8973 words)

  
 Playwriting Basics: Writing for the Stage: Playwrights' Opps part II
All entries must be postmarked by that date.
The scholarship committee may elect to require a syllabus or other documentation be submitted on the program to be attended.
Contact the Helen McCloy/MWA Scholarship Committee at the address above or email mccloy-mwa@lycos.com.
writingforthestage.blogspot.com /2005/01/playwrights-opps-part-ii.html   (3925 words)

  
 Russell duPont
Wraps; 24pp; 12 color plates illustrating decorative elements in numerous utilitarian objects.
McCloy, Helen C. American Hallways – Then and Now.
Evidently, excised from the magazine and bound in wraps with label.
www.dupontbooks.com /DecArts.htm   (8210 words)

  
 DARD NEWS: Innovative rural development project brings benefits to Darkley community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The project, which involved the redevelopment of the old school building on the village's Main Street to a shop on the ground floor and a flat on the first floor, was funded in partnership with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, International Fund for Ireland, Armagh City and District Partnership and the local community.
The opening ceremony was performed by Pauline McCloy, Director of Rural Development Division at the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, and Helen Kirkpatrick, Board Member of the International Fund for Ireland.
During the event, which was attended by representatives from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, International Fund for Ireland, Armagh City and District Partnership and the local community, Pauline McCloy said:
www.dardni.gov.uk /pr2003/pr030081.htm   (444 words)

  
 The Max Thursday Novels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
I'm most partial to older novels and writers such as Craig Rice, Norbert Davis, Helen McCloy, Ross MacDonald, Rex Stout, Raymond Chandler, John Dickson Carr, and others.
It has led me to a lot of great reading material (Craig Rice, Helen McCloy, etc).
Has a lot of info on John Dickson Carr, the master of the impossible crime.
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 Mystery Scene Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Pleasant Assassin And Other Cases Of Dr. Basil Willing by Helen McCloy
Helen McCloy was an Edgar-winning writer and past president of the Mystery Writers of America.
Quotes About Us Click here to find out what they're saying about Mystery Scene.
www.mysteryscenemag.com /display_review.php?review_id=84   (224 words)

  
 Murder, Murder, Murder - McCloy, Helen and Brett Halliday, Editors
Murder, Murder, Murder - McCloy, Helen and Brett Halliday, Editors
Author Name: McCloy, Helen and Brett Halliday, Editors
Paperback is in Poor to Good condition with some cover wear but no names, stamps, etc. inside.
www.butterflybookcompany.com /si/203286.html   (45 words)

  
 Used paperback books
MacInnes, Helen Above Suspicion PB MacDonald, John D.
McCarthy, Father Justin Whimsical World of Brother Juniper PB McCloy, Helen Unfinished Crime Graphic Mystery 113 1955 3 $6.00
McCloy, Helen Two-Thirds of a Ghost Dell D228 1958 3 $5.00
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 Brett Halliday
A TV series was made in 1960, starring Richard Denning.
From 1946 to 1961 Dresser was married to the mystery writer Helen McCloy.
They were also partners in a literary agency that bore their names, as well as in Toquil Publishing Company, which from 1953 to 1964 published the adventures of Michael Shayne.
www.kirjasto.sci.fi /bhallida.htm   (1716 words)

  
 Bibliomysteries Bibliography M   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Instead he finds some amazing characters, murder, and perhaps even the fountain of youth.
Series characters: Helen (librarian) and Peter (professor) Shandy
While Adelaide Stone works on a rare Egyptian collection, she thinks she smells the devil.
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 B&M | Index of Names
Josephine McCloy - Born 09/03/1954 - England/South Africa/England
Sam McCloy - Born 16/05/1970 Married to Laura Dodd 18/11/2000
Married twice (Louise Olding up a bit, and Myee Barnes below)
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 Helen McCloy/MWA Scholarship for Mystery Writing
Go to the provider's website for more info
The Helen McCloy/MWA Scholarship for Mystery Writing is available to students who have talent in writing mystery fiction, nonfiction, playwriting or screenwriting.
In addition to the application, you must submit a copy of official description of program printed by your institution/sponsor of program, a writing sample, two letters of recommendation and a short essay on your interest in mystery writing.
www.free-4u.com /helen_mccloy_mwa_scholarship_for_mystery_writing.htm   (123 words)

  
 Used Book Central Search / merchant: Augustine Funnell Books
Spine slant/roll, light edgewear, thin reading crease to left edge of front cover, tanning.
S Mystery--Suspense--Thriller Paperback Book Condition:Good Helen McCloy, Dr. Basil Willing, women writers, murder, vintage paperbacks, collectible paperback 1st Ace edition 013281
Mellers, Wilfrid: Dennis Dobson Limited "This handbook on music was not written simply to be read.
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 Three Investigators - Short Stories in Serial Publication K-Z   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Man in the Morgue (ss) Twenty Great Tales Of Murder, MWA ed.
Brett Halliday and Helen McCloy, Random House, 1951.
The Second Book of Crime-Craft, Mystery Writers of America, London: Corgi, 1958.
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