![]() ![]() Caspary joined the Communist party under an alias, but not being totally committed and at odds with its code of secrecy, she claimed to have confined her activities to fund-raising and hosting meetings. įollowing her father's death, the income from Caspary's writing was at times only just sufficient to support both herself and her mother, and during the Great Depression she became interested in Socialist causes. 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. Though she claimed she was not a "real" mystery writer, her novels effectively merged women's quest for identity and love with murder plots. Her best-known novel, Laura, was made into a successful movie. Vera Louise Caspary (Novem– June 13, 1987) was an American writer of novels, plays, screenplays, and short stories. ![]()
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