Rita Mae Brown

Rita Mae Brown (born November 28, 1944 in Hanover , Pennsylvania ) is an American writer and former activist in the lesbian women's movement in the USA . At the beginning of her literary career, she mainly wrote feminist books; since the early 1990s, it has mainly been crime novels, although other types of works are also published.

Life

Rita Mae Brown was born out of wedlock in Hanover , Pennsylvania and was adopted by relatives of her biological mother soon after she was born. Until her family relocated to Fort Lauderdale , Florida in the summer of 1955 , Brown grew up in York , Pennsylvania. She studied English and cinematography at the University of Florida and New York . She was active in the women's movement; In 1970 she was one of the founders of the Radicalesbians . (For her role in their history, see Lavender Menace .)

She became famous with Ruby Red Jungle and not least for her crime novels with the tiger cat Sneaky Pie Brown as a co-author. There are now 24 novels in German about the adventures of the tiger cat Mrs. Murphy, her friend, the dog Tee Tucker and her mistress Mary Minor Haristeen, known as Harry. There is also a film adaptation entitled “Detective on Velvet Paws”. The action takes place in Crozet , Virginia . Reclam's Krimi-Lexikon only came up with the following ambivalent characterization of her novels : "Cats are the distinguishing marks of lesbian crime writers and heroines, similar to how detective chief inspectors like to smoke pipes."

Rita Mae Brown had relationships with Martina Navrátilová (whom she worked on in her novel The Tennis Player ), the writer Fannie Flagg and the politician Elaine Noble .

Rita Mae Brown is a writer and screenwriter who lives on a farm in Charlottesville , Virginia .

Works

"Together with her cat Sneaky Pie Brown "

The Mrs. Murphy Mysteries (translated into German by Margarete Längfeld )

• It's a shame you're not dead (1. Wish You Were Here , 1990, ISBN 978-0-553-28753-0 ) Rowohlt, Reinbek 1992, ISBN 978-3-498-00551-1
• Rest in Fetzen (2nd Rest in Pieces , 1992, ISBN 978-0-553-56239-2 ), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1994, ISBN 978-3-498-00572-6
• Mord in Monticello (3rd Murder at Monticello , 1994, ISBN 978-0-553-57235-3 ), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1996, ISBN 978-3-498-00585-6
• Virus in the net (4th Pay dirt , 1995, ISBN 978-0-553-57236-0 ), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1997, ISBN 978-3-498-00586-3
• Herz Dame sticht (5th Murder, she meowed , 1996, ISBN 978-0-553-57237-7 ), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1998, ISBN 978-3-498-00593-1
• Fatal condolences (6th Murder on the prowl , 1998, ISBN 978-0-553-57540-8 ), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1999, ISBN 978-3-498-00597-9
• The cat smells fuse (7th Cat on the scent , 1999, ISBN 978-0-553-57541-5 ), Rowohlt, Reinbek 2000, ISBN 978-3-498-00610-5
• Revenge on quiet paws (8th Pawing through the past , 2000, ISBN 978-0-553-58025-9 ), Ullstein, 2001, ISBN 978-3-550-08335-8
• Murder on prescription (9th Claws and Effect , 2001, ISBN 978-0-553-58090-7 ), Ullstein, 2002, ISBN 978-3-550-08354-9
• The cat does not allow mousing (10. Catch as cat can , 2002, ISBN 978-0-553-58028-0 ), Ullstein, 2002, ISBN 978-3-550-08406-5
• Maus im Aus (11. The tail of the tip-off , 2003, ISBN 978-0-553-58285-7 ), Ullstein, 2004, ISBN 978-3-550-08454-6
• The pig in a poke (12th Whisker of evil , 2004, ISBN 978-0-553-58286-4 ), Ullstein, 2005, ISBN 978-3-550-08609-0
• The mouse doesn't bite off a thread (13. Cat's eyewitness , 2005, ISBN 978-0-553-58287-1 ), Ullstein, 2006, ISBN 978-3-550-08634-2
• The clever cat builds ahead (14th sour puss , 2006, ISBN 978-0-553-58681-7 ), Ullstein, 2007, ISBN 978-3-550-08644-1
• A mouse rarely comes alone (15th Puss' n cahoots , 2007, ISBN 978-0-553-58682-4 ), Ullstein, 2008, ISBN 978-3-550-08685-4
• You catch mice with bacon (16. The purrfect murder , 2008, ISBN 978-0-553-58683-1 ), Ullstein, 2009, ISBN 978-3-550-08759-2
• The Christmas Cat (17th Santa clawed , 2008, ISBN 978-0-553-80706-6 ), Ullstein Hc, 2010 (hard edition), ISBN 978-3-550-08760-8
• The birthday cat (18th Cat of the Century , 2010, ISBN 978-0-553-80707-3 ), Ullstein, ISBN 978-3-550-08858-2
• Mausetot (19th Hiss of death , 2011, ISBN 978-0-553-80708-0 ), Ullstein, ISBN 3-550-08859-0
• Four mice and a death (20th The big cat nap , April 3, 2012, ISBN 978-0-345-53044-8 ), Ullstein, 2014, ISBN 978-3-550-08058-6
• For a handful of mice (21. The litter of the law , October 22, 2013, ISBN 978-0-345-53048-6 ), Ullstein, 2015, ISBN 978-3-550-08090-6
• Tomorrow, cat, there will be something (22. Nine lives to die , June 24, 2014, ISBN 978-0-345-53050-9 ), List, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-471-35141-3
• Is the cat out of the house (23rd Tail gait , May 26th 2015, ISBN 978-0-553-39236-4 ), List, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-471-35152-9
• Turning the mouse into a gardener (24th Tall tail , May 17, 2016, ISBN 978-0-553-39246-3 ), List, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-471-35176-5
• (25. A hiss before dying , May 30, 2017, ISBN 978-0-553-39249-4 ) Not yet published in German.
• (26. Probable claws , May 29, 2018, ISBN 978-0-425-28715-6 ) Not yet published in German.
• (27. Whiskers in the dark , June 4, 2019, ISBN 978-0-425-28718-7 ) Not yet published in German.

Also:

• "Sneaky Pie for President" (July 30, 2013, ISBN 978-0-345-53047-9 ) Not a Mrs. Murphy crime novel; not yet published in German.

Sister Jane

• Ausgefuchst ( Outfoxed , 2000), Ullstein, 2006, ISBN 978-3-548-26450-9
• On a hot track ( Hotspur , 2002), Ullstein, 2007, ISBN 978-3-550-08702-8
• Fette Beute ( Full Cry , 2003), Ullstein, 2008, ISBN 978-3-550-08739-4
• On the fox's heels ( The Hunt Ball , 2005), Ullstein, 2009, ISBN 3-550-08761-6
• Hunting with the Pack ( The Hounds and the Fury , 2006), Ullstein, 2010, ISBN 978-3-548-28326-5
• Smart as a fox ( The Tell-Tale Horse , 2007), Ullstein, March 2012, ISBN 978-3-548-28446-0
• ( Hounded to Death , 2008)

Others

• Ruby Red Jungle ( Rubyfruit Jungle , 1973)
• Golden Times ( In Her Day , 1976)
• Jacket like pants ( Six of One , 1978)
• Like you to me, so I to you ( Southern Discomfort , 1982)
• The Tennis Player ( Sudden Death , 1983)
• Heartbreak ( High Hearts , 1986)
• Bingo ( Bingo , 1988)
• Venus envy ( Venus Envy , 1993)
• Dolley ( Dolley: A Novel of Dolley Madison in Love and War , 1994)
• Galopp ins Glück ( Riding Shotgun , 1997), Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-498-00594-4
• Rubinrote Rita ( Rita Will. Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser , 1997), Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-498-00606-1
• Bad Tongues ( Loose Lips , 1999)
• Alma Mater ( Alma Mater , 2001)
• Die Sandburg ( The Sand Castle , 2008), Mare, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-86648-061-2

Only available in English:

• The Plain Brown Rapper (Feminist Essays)
• Starting from scratch
• Poems
• A Nose for Justice , Ballantine Books, 2010

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rita Mae Brown; Ruby Rita, p. 14
2. ↑ Ruby Rita, p. 157
3. ↑ Ruby Rita, p. 28
4. ↑ Klaus-Peter Walter (Ed.): Reclams Krimi-Lexikon . Authors and works. Philipp Reclam Jun., Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-15-010509-9 , p. 51.

Web links

• Literature by and about Rita Mae Brown in the catalog of the German National Library

Wikiquote: Rita Mae Brown  - Quotes

• Official website of the author