Millen Brand was a novelist, screenwriter, juvenile author, poet, and contributor to various literary magazines and anthologies. His most popular works dealt with the care of mental patients. Book jacket manuscripts form the core of the collection. In 1969, Millen Brand first began transferring his…
The Joan Kahn Collection consists of approximately 0.2 cubic feet of manuscripts materials found within books from the famed editor's personal collection. Correspondence and miscellaneous articles concerning books edited by Joan Kahn form the core of this collection. Joan Kahn's sister Olivia Kahn…
Mystery writer Marcia Muller has the distinction of being the creator of Sharon McCone, the first acclaimed contemporary female private detective to appear in a series of American crime fiction books. Since her first book, Edwin of the Iron Shoes, premiered in 1977, Marcia Muller has written over…
Bill Pronzini, pulp aficionado and creator of the Nameless Detective series has been hailed by Publishers Weekly as “a master of the modern mystery.” Since becoming a professional writer in the late 1960s, he has published over sixty novels within the mystery/suspense and western genres,…
The Gary Hoppenstand Collection on Karl Edward Wagner consists of approximately 0.6 linear feet of manuscript materials. This material was donated by Gary Hoppenstand in December 2010. Further information about the collection can be obtained by contacting the BPCL reference email. The collection has…
The Helen Barolini Collection consists of approximately 0.4 linear feet of manuscript materials. The collection was donated to the Browne Popular Culture Library by Helen Barolini in 1989. This collection is unprocessed, but may be accessed by contacting the BPCL reference email. The collection has…