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Monica Nolan

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Chicago, The United States

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Gay and Lesbian, Mystery, Romance

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Patricia Highsmith and Lenora Mattingly Weber ...more

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Monica Nolan is the author of Lois Lenz Lesbian Secretary, Bobby Blanchard Lesbian Gym Teacher, Maxie Mainwaring Lesbian Dilettante, and Dolly Dingle Lesbian Landlady which will hit the shelves October, 2014. She and co-author Alisa Surkis were nominated for a Lambda Literary award for The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories, which won the Diagram Prize for oddest title. She blogs about lesbian pulp fiction at Pulp and Pep. She has experience in three out of four of the careers she's written about. ...more

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I've loved all your novels. They're colorful and fun, and there's something incredibly comforting about a fictional world where all the characters are lesbians, whether heroes, villains, authority figures or bystanders. Was your inclusion of Mimi in Bobby Blanchard and Beverly in Dolly Dingle a deliberate attempt to diversify a very white cast? Do you think we might get a novel with Beverly as the lead someday?

Monica Nolan Thank you, Tuulia! Yes, I definitely included Mimi and Beverly as characters to diversify the all-white cast. Diversify is probably too strong a word-…moreThank you, Tuulia! Yes, I definitely included Mimi and Beverly as characters to diversify the all-white cast. Diversify is probably too strong a word--they're tokens of diversity and deliberately so. They act as reminders that the world isn't all white, but the books hardly represent an accurate picture of mid-century America's actual racial diversity. The stories are told from the point of view of protagonists who have all the obliviousness (at best) of the white middle-class of that era, and part of the fun of the series for me is showing that gradually changing. Obviously (given this long-winded answer) this is something I wrestle with and I don't think I've gotten it quite right; for example I think I probably should have tried to show that Francine's clientele was more diverse than the girls at the Magdalena Arms and that the Knock-Knock Lounge was more diverse still. I love the idea of Beverly as a lead character! She has a lot of potential, what with her crankiness and reformist zeal.(less)

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When can I expect an answer to my prayers for more Nolan, for Celia Cassidy, Lesbian Stage Manager or Rusty Rainier, Lesbian Lighting Designer?

Monica Nolan Oh dear. So many careers, so little time! Maybe when I'm done with my MLIS degree (end of this year).…moreOh dear. So many careers, so little time! Maybe when I'm done with my MLIS degree (end of this year).(less)

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	Lois Lenz, Lesbian Secretary (Career-Girl, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 276 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bobby Blanchard, Lesbian Gym Teacher (Career-Girl, #2) 3.64 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maxie Mainwaring, Lesbian Dilettante 3.66 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dolly Dingle, Lesbian Landlady 3.76 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories by Alisa Surkis, Monica Nolan (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Ceguera 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spiritual Blindness: For the Glory of God 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I posted episode I of a new serial, "Sheltering in Place at the Magdalena Arms" on my blog: https://monicanolan.com/pulppep/. Yes, it's another pandemic-provoked experiment in fiction! I've had to drag the Magdalena Arms girls into the future a bit, but otherwise they're the same as ever. I'm eager to see what readers of the Lesbian Career Girl series think! Please post or send me your comments.

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