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The Song Is You

The Song Is You( )
Author: Abbott, Megan
ISBN:978-0-7432-9171-2
Publication Date:Jan 2007
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $23.00
Book Description:

On October 7, 1949, dark-haired starlet Jean Spangler kissed her five-year-old daughter good-bye and left for a night shoot at a Hollywood studio. "Wish me luck," she said as she crossed her fingers, winked, and walked away. She was never seen again. The only clues left behind: a purse with a broken strap found in a nearby park, a cryptic note, and rumors about mobster boyfriends and ill-fated romances with movie stars. Drawing on this true-life missing person case, Megan Abbott'sThe...
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Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled
Fiction / Performing Arts / Film, Television & Radio
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.8 x 8.7 x 1 Inches
Book Weight:0.763 Pounds
Author Biography
Abbott, Megan (Author)
Megan Abbott is an award wining author. She was born in the Detroit area and graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in English Literature. Abbott went on to receive a Ph.D. in English and American Literature from New York University.

Abbott's stories have appeared in Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir (2006), Wall Street Noir (2007), Detroit Noir (2007), Storyglossia and Queens Noir (2007). Her nonfiction book, The Street Was Mine: White Masculinity in Hardboiled Fiction and Film Noir, was published in 2003. She is also the editor of the Edgar-nominated A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir.

Megan is also the Edgar-winning author of the novels Die a Little, The Song Is You, Queenpin and Bury Me Deep. She won the Barry Award (Deadly Pleasures and Mystery News award) and has been nominated three times for the Anthony Award (Bouchercon World Mystery Convention award). Her novel, The End of Everything, cames out in 2011. She also won an International Thriller Award 2015 for her title The Fever.



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