Person Detail: Joan Schenkar

General Information:
Full Name: Joan Schenkar
Biography: (1942-2021) Biographer, playwright. Joan Schenkar was born in Seattle, Washington, and died in Paris, France. She lived in both Paris, France, and in an apartment in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, New York. She was known for writing the book, "The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith."
Author's Timeline:
1942		(Unknown) County Joan Marlene Schenkar was born in Seattle, Washington, on August 15, 1942.
2009		(Unknown) County The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith (Pub: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 978-0312303754) Biography of Patricia Highsmith.
2000		(Unknown) County Truly Wilde: The Unsettling Story of Dolly Wilde, Oscar's Unusual Niece (Pub: Basic Books ISBN: 0465087728 / 978-0465087723 ) Biography.
1997		(Unknown) County Signs of Life: Six Comedies of Menace (Pub: Wesleyan University Press ISBN: 0819563226 / 978-0819563224 ) Collection of plays.
1984		(Unknown) County Cabin Fever: A Comedy of Menace (Pub: Samuel French ISBN: 0573619093 / 978-0573619090 ) Play.
2005		(Unknown) County The Universal Wolf (Pub: Alexander Street Press ISBN: ) Play.
2021		New York County Ms. Schenkar lived in Paris, France, and in an apartment in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, New York.
2021		(Unknown) County Joan Schenkar died in Paris, France, on May 5, 2021.

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