tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post2947680913880321269..comments2024-03-24T06:32:13.194+13:00Comments on Crime Watch: Alix Bosco's' identity revealed in today's Sunday Star-TimesKiwicraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-74982395165589672011-08-16T13:02:42.367+12:002011-08-16T13:02:42.367+12:00I agree with Bernard - I was convinced the writer ...I agree with Bernard - I was convinced the writer was a woman, but frankly, I don't care who the writer is - they can write. <br /><br />Having said that, I do think Greg will be an asset to the NZ crime fiction community, now that he's been revealed as 'Alix Bosco' - in terms of festivals/author panels/events etc.Kiwicraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11687089028299093360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-52106443843947135382011-08-16T12:20:40.425+12:002011-08-16T12:20:40.425+12:00McGee has certainly got intoucvh with his feminine...McGee has certainly got intoucvh with his feminine side; I was convinced the writer was a woman.<br /><br />With regard to the nom de plume, I don't care if Bosco is a tranvestite two-toed sloth. He/she/it can write, and that's all that interests me.Bernard Carpinternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-35170225901386405532011-08-15T20:54:52.718+12:002011-08-15T20:54:52.718+12:00Pshaw, Greg, you're totally on the front bench...Pshaw, Greg, you're totally on the front bench of New Zealand literature - Kathleen Beauchamp (and her cousin Mary), Norris Davey and Owen Jones! FTW!Craig Ranapiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923246310584658857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-78824146454634020302011-08-15T15:49:22.530+12:002011-08-15T15:49:22.530+12:00I get the impression it would have been better not...I get the impression it would have been better not to have come out.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-5766188967267187292011-08-15T13:58:52.301+12:002011-08-15T13:58:52.301+12:00I'm with Kerrie and Craig. I'd like to pro...I'm with Kerrie and Craig. I'd like to propose an extension to the Fair Trading Practices Act (if there is one) to require authors to declare their gender, their sexual proclivities (we can’t have heteros writing covertly about gays, or vice versa) and their religious beliefs (so that if God is mentioned, the reader can know whether it’s blasphemous or ironic). And any re-print of Middlemarch has to be written by Mary Anne Evans. While we're at it, we could also look at the definition of 'fiction'. There must be a way we could take the deception out of it...Greg McGeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-69908144262109569692011-08-15T08:22:34.746+12:002011-08-15T08:22:34.746+12:00It does raise the question of whether when a male ...<i>It does raise the question of whether when a male writer chooses what appears to be a female nom de plume he is actually practicing some sort of deception on his readers. </i><br /><br />Honestly, if McGee is guilty of "deception" then so is Sean French, who co-authors thrillers with his wife Nicci Gerrard under the transparent pseudonym Nicci French. And it's not as if genre fiction isn't light on traffic the other way - women who 'dragged up' by publishing under initials when it wasn't exactly respectable for women to be writing, say, pulp fiction.Craig Ranapiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923246310584658857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-46798709059965824772011-08-14T12:27:16.661+12:002011-08-14T12:27:16.661+12:00It does raise the question of whether when a male ...It does raise the question of whether when a male writer chooses what appears to be a female nom de plume he is actually practicing some sort of deception on his readers. <br />If this writer were Australian, "she" presumably would need to declare her true gender in order not to be considered for a Davitt Award which is for female crime writers. <br />It will be interesting to see whether there will be cries of outrage from Bosco readersKerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1591679994751212734.post-86480141951013092092011-08-14T11:57:07.287+12:002011-08-14T11:57:07.287+12:00Craig - Thanks for breaking this news!Craig - Thanks for breaking this news!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com