CRITICISM

Grafton, Sue, and Bruce Taylor. “G Is for (Sue) Grafton.” Armchair Detective 22, no. 1 (winter 1989): 4-13.

Grafton discusses a variety of topics, including her evolution as a writer, her influences, the marketing strategies for her novels, and her narrative voice.

Miller, Ronald C. “Private Eye.” Armchair Detective 26, no. 1 (winter 1993): 111-12.

Miller praises “I” Is for Innocent as the best novel in the Millhone series to date.

Schaffer, Rachel. “Armed (with Wit) and Dangerous: Sue Grafton's Sense of Black Humor.” Armchair Detective 30, no. 3 (summer 1997): 316-22.

Schaffer discusses Grafton's use of humor through her detective character P.I. Kinsey Millhone.

Shuker-Haines, Timothy, and Martha M. Umphrey. “Gender (De)Mystified: Resistance and Recuperation in Hard-Boiled Female Detective Fiction.” In The Detective in American Fiction, Film, and Television, edited by Jerome H. Delamater and Ruth Prigozy, pp. 71-82. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1998.

Shuker-Haines and Umphrey discuss the female hard-boiled detective and the inherent gender issues associated with these fictional characters.

Additional coverage of Grafton's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vol. 11; Bestsellers, Vol. 90:3; Contemporary Authors, Vol. 108; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 31, 55; Contemporary Popular Writers; Contemporary Southern Writers; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 226; DISCovering Authors 3.0; DISCovering Authors Modules: Popular Fiction and Genre Authors; Feminist Writers; Literature Resource Center; Mystery and Suspense Writers; and St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, Vol. 4.