Eve Zaremba

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Eve Zaremba (born 1930 in Kalisz, Poland)[1] is a Canadian mystery writer.[1] She has published several novels focusing on Helen Keremos, a private detective who has been described the first lesbian character in literary history to be the main character in an ongoing series of mystery novels.[2]

Life and career[]

Born in Poland, Zaremba moved to the United Kingdom with her family at the start of World War II, spending the remainder of her childhood in Scotland and England.[2] She later emigrated to Canada in 1952,[2] and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1963.

Zeremba's first Helen Keremos novel, A Reason to Kill, was published in 1978 by Paperjacks. At the time, it received little attention except for a feature in The Body Politic.[3] Zaremba wrote five more books in the series. In 2019 Zaremba announced that a graphic novel adaptation of her second novel, Work for a Million, was expected to be published by Bedside Press in 2020.[4]

In addition to her writing, Zaremba was a co-founder of Broadside, A Feminist Review, one of Canada's first major lesbian publications, and of the Lesbian Organization of Toronto.[2] She has also worked in advertising, marketing, real estate and publishing, as well as owning a used book store.[2]

Works[]

Novels[]

  • A Reason to Kill (1978)
  • Work for a Million (1986)
  • Beyond Hope (1987)
  • Uneasy Lies (1990)
  • The Butterfly Effect (1994)
  • White Noise (1997)

Non-fiction[]

  • Privilege of Sex: A Century of Canadian Women (1972)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b W. H. New, Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada (p. 1234). University of Toronto Press, 2002. ISBN 0802007619.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Robert Aldrich and Garry Votherspoon, Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History Vol. 2: From World War II to the Present Day. p. 460. Taylor & Francis, 2001. ISBN 0203994086.
  3. ^ "The 88-year-old creator of mystery's first lesbian detective reflects on the character's return". Quill & Quire, February 5, 2019.
  4. ^ "1980's Dyke Detective Helen Keremos Is Returning Online and In Bookstores Across the Country". The ArQuives, May 2, 2019.



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