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'''Sarah Dreher''' was an American ] novelist and playwright, and best known for her award-winning lesbian mystery series featuring amateur sleuth Stoner McTavish. Dreher was born in ] in 1937,<ref>Griffin, Gabriele. ''Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing'', ] (59).</ref> and died April 2, 2012<ref> Douglass Funeral Service, 87 No. Pleasant St. Amherst, MA www.douglassfuneral.com</ref> in ]. '''Sarah Dreher''' (born March 26, 1937, ] – died April 2, 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.masslive.com/obituaries/masslive/obituary.aspx?n=Sarah-Dreher&pid=156954574|title=Sarah A. Dreher Obituary: View Sarah Dreher's Obituary by The Republican|publisher=Obits.masslive.com|accessdate=2012-04-14}}</ref> ]) was an American ] novelist and playwright, and best known for her award-winning lesbian mystery series featuring amateur sleuth Stoner McTavish.<ref>Griffin, Gabriele. ''Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing'', ] (59).</ref>


Her themes include "the anguish of lesbian relationships beginning, ending or mending. Dreher's lesbian protagonists are modern heroes searching for integrity and identity..."<ref>Zimmerman, Bonnie. ''Lesbian Histories and Cultures'', Taylor and Francis (763).</ref> In the resolution of her mysteries, solutions other than resorting to traditional justice system intervention are part of the exploration of society outside the existing social paradigm. Her themes include "the anguish of lesbian relationships beginning, ending or mending. Dreher's lesbian protagonists are modern heroes searching for integrity and identity..."<ref>Zimmerman, Bonnie. ''Lesbian Histories and Cultures'', Taylor and Francis (763).</ref> In the resolution of her mysteries, solutions other than resorting to traditional justice system intervention are part of the exploration of society outside the existing social paradigm.
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== Work == == Work ==
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* ''Solitaire and Brahms'' (1997) . ]
Books:

* Stoner McTavish Series, ] * ''Solitaire and Brahms'' (1997) . ()
* Stoner McTavish Series, ()
** ''Stoner McTavish'' (1985) ** ''Stoner McTavish'' (1985)
** ''Something Shady'' (1986) ** ''Something Shady'' (1986)
** ''Gray Magic'' (1987) ** ''Gray Magic'' (1987)
** ''A Captive in Time'' (1990)
** ''Otherworld'' (1993) ** ''Otherworld'' (1993)
** ''Bad Company'' (1995) ** ''Bad Company'' (1995)
** ''Shaman's Moon'' (1998) ** ''Shaman's Moon'' (1998)
** ''Love Murders'' (unpublished) ** ''Love Murders'' (unpublished)
⚫ *''Lesbian Stages: Plays by Sarah Dreher''. ] (1988),

**Contains:
⚫ * ''Lesbian Stages: Plays by Sarah Dreher''. ] (1988)
Plays: 8 x 10 Glossy, Alumnae News: The Doris Day Years, (list under development) ***Alumnae News: The Doris Day Years = winner of the 1st Jane Chambers National Playwriting Award 1987 for full length play
***Base Camp
***Backward, Turn Backward
***This Brooding Sky
***Hollandia ’45
*PLACES PLEASE! The First Anthology of Lesbian Plays ] (1985) included:
**8 x 10 Glossy by Sarah Dreher = Winner of the 1st Lesbian Playwrighting Contest, Theatre Rhinocros 1985
**Ruby Christmas by Sarah Dreher


==Awards== ==Awards==
* ''8 X 10 Glossy'', 1985, 1st Lesbian Playwrighting Contest, Theatre Rhinoceros San Francisco CA '''winner'''
⚫ * ''Shaman's Moon'', 1998 ] '''winner''', Mystery
* ''Alumnae News: The Doris Day Years'', 1987, 1st Jane Chambers National Playwrighting Award—full length play '''winner'''
⚫ * ''A Captive in Time'', 1990 ] finalist, Mystery
⚫ * ''Shaman's Moon'', 1998 ] '''winner'''
⚫ * ''A Captive in Time'', 1990 ] finalist
* Medalist, 2005 ] * Medalist, 2005 ]


==See also== ==See also==
* Markowitz, Judith A, foreword by ]. ''The Gay Detective Novel'' (MacFarland) * Markowitz, Judith A, foreword by ]. ''The Gay Detective Novel'' (MacFarland)
* Munt, Sally. ''Murder by the Book?: Feminism and the Crime Novel'', 1990, (]) * Munt, Sally. ''Murder by the Book?: Feminism and the Crime Novel'', 1990, (])
* Zimmerman, Bonnie. ''Safe Sea of Women: Lesbian Literature 1969-1989'', 1992 (]) * ]. '']'', 1992 (])

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American dramatist
Sarah Dreher
Born(1937-03-26)March 26, 1937
Hanover, Pennsylvania
DiedApril 2, 2012(2012-04-02) (aged 75)
Amherst, Massachusetts
Occupation
Period20th century
GenreMystery
Literary movementLesbian literature
Notable worksSolitaire and Brahms

Sarah Dreher (born March 26, 1937, Hanover, Pennsylvania – died April 2, 2012, Amherst, Massachusetts) was an American lesbian novelist and playwright, and best known for her award-winning lesbian mystery series featuring amateur sleuth Stoner McTavish.

Her themes include "the anguish of lesbian relationships beginning, ending or mending. Dreher's lesbian protagonists are modern heroes searching for integrity and identity..." In the resolution of her mysteries, solutions other than resorting to traditional justice system intervention are part of the exploration of society outside the existing social paradigm.

Dreher has contributed essays and writings to a number of projects, including Off the Rag: Lesbians Writing about Menopause by Lee Lynch and Akia Woods, "Waiting for Stonewall" in Sexual Practice/Textual Theory: Lesbian Cultural Criticism, and a contributed chapter to They Wrote the Book: Thirteen Women Mystery Writers Tell All.

In addition to writing, Dreher was a clinical psychologist in private practice, graduating first from Wellesley College, then gaining a Ph.D. in psychology from Purdue University.

Work

Library resources about
Sarah Dreher
By Sarah Dreher

Books:

  • Solitaire and Brahms (1997) . (New Victoria)
  • Stoner McTavish Series, (New Victoria)
    • Stoner McTavish (1985)
    • Something Shady (1986)
    • Gray Magic (1987)
    • A Captive in Time (1990)
    • Otherworld (1993)
    • Bad Company (1995)
    • Shaman's Moon (1998)
    • Love Murders (unpublished)
  • Lesbian Stages: Plays by Sarah Dreher. New Victoria. (1988),
    • Contains:
      • Alumnae News: The Doris Day Years = winner of the 1st Jane Chambers National Playwriting Award 1987 for full length play
      • Base Camp
      • Backward, Turn Backward
      • This Brooding Sky
      • Hollandia ’45
  • PLACES PLEASE! The First Anthology of Lesbian Plays Aunt Lute publishing Company (1985) included:
    • 8 x 10 Glossy by Sarah Dreher = Winner of the 1st Lesbian Playwrighting Contest, Theatre Rhinocros 1985
    • Ruby Christmas by Sarah Dreher

Awards

See also

References

  1. "Sarah A. Dreher Obituary: View Sarah Dreher's Obituary by The Republican". Obits.masslive.com. Retrieved 2012-04-14.
  2. Griffin, Gabriele. Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing, Routledge (59).
  3. Zimmerman, Bonnie. Lesbian Histories and Cultures, Taylor and Francis (763).
  4. Wolfe, Susan J. and Penelope, Julia. Sexual Practice/Textual Theory: Lesbian Cultural Criticism. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1993
  5. Windrath, Helen (editor), They Wrote the Book: Thirteen Women Mystery Writers Tell All, 2000 Spinsters Ink
  6. Pollack, Sandra and Denise D. Knight (Editors). Contemporary Lesbian Writers of the United States: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook, 1993 (p. 186-191)
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