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Vera Caspary


Born
in Chicago, IL, The United States
November 13, 1899

Died
June 13, 1987

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers


Vera Caspary, an acclaimed American writer of novels, plays, short stories and screenplays, was born in Chicago in 1899. Her writing talent shone from a young age and, following the death of her father, her work became the primary source of income for Caspary and her mother. A young woman when the Great Depression hit America, Caspary soon developed a keen interest in Socialist causes, and joined the Communist Party under a pseudonym. Although she soon left the party after becoming disillusioned, Caspary's leftist leanings would later come back to haunt her when she was greylisted from Hollywood in the 1950s for Communist sympathies. Caspary spent this period of self-described 'purgatory' alternately in Europe and America with her husband, ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 5,352 ratings · 830 reviews · 43 distinct works • Similar authors
Laura
3.96 avg rating — 4,180 ratings — published 1942 — 109 editions
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Bedelia
3.70 avg rating — 462 ratings — published 1945 — 56 editions
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The Man Who Loved His Wife
3.41 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 1966 — 4 editions
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Evvie
3.90 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1960 — 21 editions
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Stranger Than Truth
3.59 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1946 — 13 editions
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Secrets of Grown Ups
4.12 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions
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The Secret of Elizabeth
3.26 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1979 — 4 editions
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The Husband
3.54 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1959 — 9 editions
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The Murder at the Stork Clu...
3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1946 — 5 editions
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“There are a lot of people who haven't got the brains for their educations.”
― Vera Caspary, Laura
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“In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention.”
― Vera Caspary, Laura
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“Love is eternal. It has been the strongest motivation for human actions throughout history. Love is stronger than life. It reaches beyond the dark shadow of death.”
― Vera Caspary
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