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Jean Catherine Potts
Born(1910-11-17)November 17, 1910
St. Paul, Nebraska
DiedNovember 10, 1999(1999-11-10) (aged 88)
New York
NationalityAmerican
OccupationNovelist
Years active1910–1999
Known forMystery novels
Notable workGo, Lovely Rose, The Evil Wish
AwardsEdgar Award

Jean Catherine Potts (November 17, 1910 – November 10, 1999) was an American award-winning mystery novelist.

Early life

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Potts was born in St. Paul, Nebraska, graduated from St. Paul High School, studied at the Denver Women's College, and graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University.[1][2][3][4]

Career

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Potts worked as a journalist in St. Paul before moving to New York where she continued her writing. Her stories appeared in various magazines including Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and Woman's Day.[1][3]

She died in New York in 1999.[1][2]

Works

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Among Potts' published writings are:

Awards

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Potts won the 1954 Edgar Award for Best First Novel for Go, Lovely Rose,[14] and an Edgar Award nomination for The Evil Wish.[14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Visit Nebraska: Jean Potts, Literary Exhibit". visitnebraska.com. Nebraska Tourism Commission. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Arts: Jean Potts, 88, Author of Prize-Winning Mystery". New York Times. November 17, 1999. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Jean Catherine Potts:1910-1999 Saint Paul's Nationally-Acclaimed Mystery Writer". historichc.org. Howard County Historical Society. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  4. ^ Ron W. Sack (March 1998). "Mystery writer with St. Paul roots achieves international acclaim" (PDF). Historically Speaking. Howard County Historical Society: 1, 2. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  5. ^ "Go, Lovely Rose". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. Retrieved August 9, 2018. There's not much fancy footwork before a deathbed confession clears the case -- but not the atmosphere -- and a suicide dots the i's.
  6. ^ Sergeant Cuff (August 6, 1955). "The Criminal Record". Saturday Review: 37. Ramblingly pleasant {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ Sergeant Cuff (August 6, 1955). "The Criminal Record". Saturday Review: 40. Nice writing and characterization, but too much carryback... {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ "The Man With the Cane". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. Retrieved August 9, 2018. The murder of the man with a cane, the bits and pieces of the poison pen letters, the antagonism they breed, another attempt at murder and Val learns a bitter truth as a solution. New York City, uptown and downtown, is the setting for the fourth in this author's commendable stories.
  9. ^ Sergeant Cuff (August 6, 1955). "The Criminal Record". Saturday Review: 59. ...yarn alternately discloses, conceals; pace variable. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ^ "The Evil Wish". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. Retrieved August 9, 2018. Stress and situation in welcome literacy.
  11. ^ "The Only Good Secretary". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. Retrieved August 9, 2018. The terror that can invest the ordinary and the way people under stress can talk themselves into a corner are the author's special forte and have been since way back when with Death of a Stray Cat et al.
  12. ^ "Footsteps on the Stairs". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. Retrieved August 9, 2018. Dialogues in detection, different, good, romantic but not foolish.
  13. ^ "The Little Lie". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. Retrieved August 9, 2018. As one might well expect, The Little Lie is a practiced deception.
  14. ^ a b "Jean Potts". theedgars.com. Mystery Writers of America. Archived from the original on July 31, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
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