Vera caspary autobiography

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    • Vera Caspary

    American writer (–)

    Vera Caspary

    BornVera Louise Caspary
    ()November 13,
    Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
    DiedJune 13, () (aged&#;87)
    New York City, U.S.
    OccupationScreenwriter, novelist, playwright
    SpouseIsadore Goldsmith (–) his death

    Vera Louise Caspary (November 13, – June 13, ) was an American writer of novels, plays, screenplays, and short stories.

    Her best-known novel, Laura, was made into a successful movie of the same title. Though generally classified as a mystery novelist, Caspary felt uncomfortable with classifying herself in the genre. Yet 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.[1]

    Following her father's death in , the income from Caspary's writing was at times barely sufficient to support herself and her mo