Lynn Kear
Born: 1957 in Streator, Illinois
Pen Name: None Connection to Illinois: I was born in Streator, Illinois in 1957 and moved to St. Charles, Illinois with my family in 1969. After graduating from St. Charles High School, I attended Elgin Community College, Aurora College, and Northern Illinois University. I moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1983 and eventually earned my Ph. D. at Georgia State University in 1989. I now reside in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Biography: I write non-fiction, specializing in film and theater biographies, and crime fiction. In addition to writing, I teach Public Speaking at the college level.
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Website: http://lynnkear.com
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Selected Titles
Agnes Moorehead : ISBN: 0313281556 OCLC: 26309770 Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn. : 1992. |
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Evelyn Brent : ISBN: 0786443634 OCLC: 646854139 McFarland & Co., Jefferson, N.C. : ©2009. "Evelyn Brent's life and career were going quite well in 1928. But by the end of that year Brent was headed for a quick, downward spiral ending in bankruptcy and occasional work as an extra. What happened is a complicated story laced with bad luck, poor decisions, and treachery detailed in the first and only full-length biography"--Provided by publisher. |
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Kay Francis : ISBN: 0786423668 OCLC: 62493473 McFarland, Jefferson, N.C. : ©2006. "Francis's biography is the heart of this book, her family background and her upbringing by a vaudevillian actress mother. The story of her career and romantic pursuits with comments from the media and her diaries, are supplemented with photographs. A chronology gives dates of theater openings, film releases, marriages, television and radio appearances, births and deaths"--Provided by publisher. |
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Kay Francis : ISBN: 9780786454990 OCLC: 607869114 McFarland, Jefferson, N.C. : ©2006. Francis's biography is the heart of this book, her family background and her upbringing by a vaudevillian actress mother. The story of her career and romantic pursuits with comments from the media and her diaries, are supplemented with photographs. A chronology gives dates of theater openings, film releases, marriages, television and radio appearances, births and deaths--Provided by publisher. |
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Killing Rosa : ISBN: 9780615945859 OCLC: 954113877 Grey Fedora Books, [Place of publication not identified] : ©2014. |
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Laurette Taylor, American stage legend ISBN: 9780786459223 OCLC: 673869468 McFarland & Co., Publishers, Jefferson, N.C. : ©2010. How did Laurette Taylor (1884-1946) become America's most celebrated actress? What training and experience led to her first stage success, Peg o' My Heart, in 1912? How did her failed 1920s silent film career influence her stage technique? What was so remarkable about her portrayal of Amanda Wingfield in the original 1945 Broadway production of The Glass Menagerie that many actors and critics have proclaimed her performance as the greatest they have ever seen, before or since? How did alcoholism affect her career? And why has it been so difficult to tell her story on stage and screen? This bio. |
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Murder in a Buckhead garden / ISBN: 1933720786 OCLC: 808841130 P.D. Publishing, Clayton, N.C. : ©2010. Wealthy Buckhead resident Bob Thigpen III is shot and killed by a veiled woman, with landscape gardener Nicole Westlake as the only witness. When the police receive a call implicating Nicole in the murder, she finds herself drawn dangerously into the mysterious world of the Thigpen family. |
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Reincarnation : ISBN: 0313295972 OCLC: 34357178 Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn. : 1996. |
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Relative innocence / ISBN: 1481012290 OCLC: 853605797 "Professor Douglas Milbank turns a private school into a bloody murder scene when he kills his wife and three others before escaping. His eighteen-year-old son Jackson is guilt-ridden, thinking he could have prevented the massacre. Insurance agent Wade Helinski is suspected of killing two of his wives. Everyone except his daughter Casey believes he's guilty. Casey and Jackson accidentally meet in attorney Meredith Carlson's office and begin a dangerous affair that spins their lives further out of control."--p. [4] of cover. |
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The complete Kay Francis career record : ISBN: 0786431989 OCLC: 183392787 McFarland, Jefferson, N.C. : ©2008. "A guide to the film, stage, radio and television career of Kay Francis, one of the most glamorous stars from the golden age of Hollywood. For each film, a thorough synopsis plus cast and crew information, opening dates, production notes, behind-the-scenes details, and reviews is provided. A section is devoted to collecting Kay Francis memorabilia"--Provided by publisher. |
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The complete Kay Francis career record : ISBN: 9781476602875 OCLC: 608493019 McFarland, Jefferson, N.C. : ©2008. A guide to the film, stage, radio and television career of Kay Francis, one of the most glamorous stars from the golden age of Hollywood. For each film, a thorough synopsis plus cast and crew information, opening dates, production notes, behind-the-scenes details, and reviews is provided. A section is devoted to collecting Kay Francis memorabilia--Provided by publisher. |
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Tighter, tighter / ISBN: 1468089412 OCLC: 808836418 [publisher not identified], [Place of publication not identified] : ©2012. Eighteen year old Kath Branch disappeared from St. James, Illinois in 1975. That same night, local sandwich shop owner Billy Carlson was gunned down and dumped in the St. James River. This cold case is personal for prosecutor Meredith Carlson. Billy was her husband's father. Convinced she's solved the case, Meredith lures the now legendary rock star back to her hometown. |
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Weʼre here : ISBN: 0966811208 OCLC: 43424262 Brookhaven Pub., Atlanta, Ga. : ©1999. |