Sue Grafton dies: A cruel twist of fate.

brianlux

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/29/obituaries/sue-grafton-dies-best-selling-mystery-author.html

That's I call it anyway.  I've been shelving her books for ever, watching them progress through the alphabet all the way to y...  and why must she die before "Z"?  A sad and cruel twist of fate. 

hauntingfamiliar

Uhhhhh... shot to the gut. My mom got me into these novels years ago. I have regularly inherited her used Grafton paperbacks. Z is for Zinger?

What would her final novel have been named?

brianlux

hauntingfamiliar said:

Uhhhhh... shot to the gut. My mom got me into these novels years ago. I have regularly inherited her used Grafton paperbacks. Z is for Zinger?

What would her final novel have been named?

She already had named her last novel, "Z for Zero".  Her daughter said there will be no "Z" book/ no ghost writer.  In fact, the daughter said, "For my family, the alphabet ends in Y".

Grafton started out as a screenplay writer though she said few were published and most went into the trash.  When she got "A is for Alibi" published, that was her big breakthrough and she was done with screen writing.  It was also her wish that none of her alphabet books would ever be made into movies.

Quite a lady, quite a legacy. 

igotid88

brianlux said:

hauntingfamiliar said:

Uhhhhh... shot to the gut. My mom got me into these novels years ago. I have regularly inherited her used Grafton paperbacks. Z is for Zinger?

What would her final novel have been named?

She already had named her last novel, "Z for Zero".  Her daughter said there will be no "Z" book/ no ghost writer.  In fact, the daughter said, "For my family, the alphabet ends in Y".

Grafton started out as a screenplay writer though she said few were published and most went into the trash.  When she got "A is for Alibi" published, that was her big breakthrough and she was done with screen writing.  It was also her wish that none of her alphabet books would ever be made into movies.

Quite a lady, quite a legacy. 

I'm sure that'll change. 

brianlux

igotid88 said:

brianlux said:

hauntingfamiliar said:

Uhhhhh... shot to the gut. My mom got me into these novels years ago. I have regularly inherited her used Grafton paperbacks. Z is for Zinger?

What would her final novel have been named?

She already had named her last novel, "Z for Zero".  Her daughter said there will be no "Z" book/ no ghost writer.  In fact, the daughter said, "For my family, the alphabet ends in Y".

Grafton started out as a screenplay writer though she said few were published and most went into the trash.  When she got "A is for Alibi" published, that was her big breakthrough and she was done with screen writing.  It was also her wish that none of her alphabet books would ever be made into movies.

Quite a lady, quite a legacy. 

I'm sure that'll change. 

The part about not making her books into movies?  I'd be surprised.  She stated on her site, "Hollywood can't believe writers aren't panting for the money and the recognition -- the glamor of film -- but I wrote in Hollywood for 15 years and believe me, I'm cured."   Her family is adamant about carrying out her wishes.  My guess is most of her fans will respect that wish as well. Time will tell!

PureandEasy

I hope her family does respect her wishes. Her books entertained me for hours on end for many years. I can imagine myself in Kinsey's dwelling, smelling Henry baking something in the early morning hours. :(.