Vera Caspary
Novelist, Author
1899 – 1987
Who was Vera Caspary?
Vera Louise Caspary was an American writer of novels, plays, screenplays, and short stories. Her best-known novel, Laura, was made into a highly successful movie. Though she claimed she was not a "real" mystery writer, her novels effectively merged women's quest for identity and love with murder plots. Independence is the key to her protagonists, with her novels revolving around women who are menaced, but who turn out to be neither victimized nor rescued damsels.
Following her father's death, the income from Caspary's writing was at times only just sufficient to support both herself and her mother, and during the Great Depression she became interested in Socialist causes. Caspary joined the Communist party under an alias, but not being totally committed and at odds with its code of secrecy, she claimed to have confined her activities to fund-raising and hosting meetings. Caspary visited Russia in an attempt to confirm her beliefs, but nonetheless became disillusioned and wished to resign from the Party, although she continued to contribute money and support similar causes.
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- Born
- Nov 13, 1899
Chicago - Also known as
- Vera Louise Caspary
- Parents
- Spouses
- Isadore Goldsmith
(1948 - 1964/10/08)
- Isadore Goldsmith
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 13, 1987
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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