Sue Grafton
Bio
Sue Taylor Grafton was born in Louisville, Kentucky on April 324, 1940. Her father (Chip Grafton) was an attorney and crime author and her mother (Vivian (née Harnsberger) Grafton) was a teacher. She has one sister, Ann, who is a retired librarian in Cincinnati, Ohio. She attended the University of Louisville, with a major was English Literature and a minor in Humanities and Fine Arts. In 1961, she graduated with a BA.
When Sue was 18, she married for the first time. She and her husband had a daughter and a son. Sadly, her mother died on her 20th birthday. Two years later, when she was 22, Sue married for a second time. She gave birth to her second daughter during this marriage, which lasted nine and a half years. She began writing her popular Kinsey Millhone series while going through the divorce.
In 1973, she moved to Hollywood and wrote screenplays and tv movies. She met her third husband, Steven Humphrey, while working on a tv movie. The two married in 1978. She eventually left Hollywood in 1989. She continued to write, and has now been published in 28 countries and 26 languages.
Sue has maintained that her Kinsey series will never be turned into movies; she's even asked her children to swear to it! One of her earlier books, Lolly-Madonna War, was turned into a film; it was released in 1973 and starred Rod Stieger, Robert Ryan, Gary Busey and Jeff Bridges.
In 1997, an interesting book about the author and her work was released. G Is For Grafton: The World of Kinsey Millhone was written by Carol McGinnis Kay and Natalie Hevener Kaufman.
She currently lives with her husband in Louisville, Kentucky and Montecito, California. She has two grandchildren - one is actually named Kinsey!
Bibliography
Kinsey Millhone Series:
R is for Ricochet (2004)
Q is for Quarry (2002)
P is for Peril (2001)
O is for Outlaw (1999)
N is for Noose (1998)
M is for Malice (1996)
L is for Lawless (1995)
K is for Killer (1994)
J is for Judgement (1993)
I is for Innocent (1992)
H is for Homicide (1991)
G is for Gumshoe (1990)
F is for Fugitive (1989)
E is for Evidence (1988)
D is for Deadbeat (1987)
C is for Corpse (1986)
B is for Burglar (1985)
A is for Alibi (1982)
Other Works:
The Lolly-Madonna War (1969)
Keziah Dane (1967)
Links
Sue Grafton's Official Site
Review of R is for Ricochet