Joan Kahn Collection 1957-1983

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Joan Kahn Collection 1957-1983

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Joan Kahn was an editor of mystery and suspense novels. Correspondence and miscellaneous articles concerning some of the books she edited form the core of this collection.

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Bowling Green State University - Browne Popular Culture Library

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Joan Kahn

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Joan Kahn was born on April 13, 1914, in New York City and attended the Horace Mann School, the Yale School of Art, Barnard College and the Art Students League. She began her career at Harper Brothers in 1946, editing books about history, art, theater and travel, in addition to suspense novels. She wrote two novels -- To Meet Miss Long (1943) and Open House (1946) -- and four children's books and edited 11 mystery anthologies. Joan Kahn edited hundreds of suspense novels and her imprint, "A Joan...

Kahn, Joan

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Author and editor of mystery fiction books. From the description of [Papers], 1957-1983 / Joan Kahn. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 38593891 Joan Kahn (1914-1994) was an editor of suspense novels and worked at firms including Harper and Row, Ticknor and Fields, Dutton, and St. Martin's Press during a career that spanned over forty years. In 1946 Kahn began her career at Harper Brothers where she started the Harper Novels of Suspense Department. In the ...