The Joan Kahn imprint, instituted during her Harper tenure, soon became a sought-after imprimatur for mystery connoisseurs.
10 Facts About Joan Kahn
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An alumna of the Horace Mann School, the Yale School of Art, Barnard College, and the Art Students League of New York, Joan Kahn wrote one children's book, 'Ladies and Gentlemen' said the Ringmaster, and two novels, To Meet Miss Long and Open House, before embarking on her editorial career.
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Joan Kahn had a terrific idea for a novel, assigning a black policeman down South to work with a redneck sheriff, and sent it off to the greatest mystery editor who ever lived, Joan Kahn.
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Joan Kahn painstakingly worked with Ball to rewrite again and again, finally pulling a book out of him that was good enough to win the Edgar Allan Poe Award.
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At last a brave lady named Joan Kahn took a chance on me.
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That same year, Joan Kahn received a special Anthony Award from Bouchercon for Distinguished Contribution.
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Joan Kahn was survived by her younger sister, artist Olivia Joan Kahn, and three nephews.
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Joan Kahn got letters from Dick, and the person who wrote those letters could not in my view have been the person who wrote the books.
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Joan Kahn had a university degree and education, which I didn't have.
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Joan Kahn was in a way a co-author, but she wouldn't take credit.