Santa Teresa (fictional city)
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Santa Teresa is a fictionalised version of Santa Barbara, California created by Ross Macdonald in his 1949 mystery novel The Moving Target.[1]
In the 1980s, Santa Teresa became home to Kinsey Millhone, a fictional female private investigator created by Sue Grafton.[2] Millhone is the protagonist of Grafton's ongoing "alphabet mysteries" series of novels.[3][4] Grafton chose the setting as a tribute to Macdonald, an acknowledged influence.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Priestman, Martin (2003). The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Everett, Todd. "Mystery Town: Whodunit author Sue Grafton lines in Santa Barbara and sets her tales in Santa Teresa", Los Angeles Times, 1991-05-23, p. J15.
- ^ Hawkes, Ellen. "G IS FOR GRAFTON Instead of Killing Her Ex-Husband, Sue Grafton Created a Smart-Mouthed, Hard-Boiled (and Incidentally Female) Detective Named Kinsey Millhone", Los Angeles Times Magazine, 1990-02-18, p. 20.
- ^ Natalie Hevener Kaufman, Carol McGinnis Kay (1997). "G" Is for Grafton: The World of Kinsey Millhone, Hardcover, Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-5446-4.
- ^ Nolan, Tom. "Ross Macdonald", BookSense. Retrieved on 2008-06-01.
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