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Frank McConnell

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born

in Louisville, Kentucky, The United States

May 20, 1942

died

January 17, 1999

website

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genre

Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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Francis DeMay McConnell, known as Frank McConnell, (1942-1999) lived at Santa Barbara, California and was a professor of English at the University of California. He had been awarded his undergraduate degree at the University of Notre Dame and earned his doctorate at Yale. He had then taught at Cormell University and at Northwestern University. He was twice married, and had two children and a stepson.

He published many books on film and literary criticism, as well as the four detective novels described below, and numerous magazine articles. For years he was media correspondent for the lay Catholic journal, Commonweal. He served several times on the Pulitzer Prize fiction jury. He was known for his robustious wit, and was a highly ribald, ente...more

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	Liar's Poker: A Harry Garnish Mystery 3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1993	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 Frog King 3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	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
	Murder Among Friends 3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions	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 Science of Fiction and the Fiction of Science: Collected Essays on SF Storytelling and the Gnostic Imagination by Frank McConnell, Gary Westfahl (Editor), Donald E. Palumbo (Editor) 3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009	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
	Storytelling and Myth Making: images from film and literature 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	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
	Blood Lake 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	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 Time Machine/The War of the Worlds 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 1,171 ratings — published 1961 — 38 editions	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 Spoken Seen: Film & The Romantic Imagination 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	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
	Four Postwar American Novelists 3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	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 Bible and the Narrative Tradition 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions	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