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Sarah Weinman is the author of Scoundrel, and The Real Lolita.

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About the Author

Sarah Weinman is the author of The Real Lolita: A Lost Girl, an Unthinkable Crime, and a Scandalous Masterpiece. She writes the crime column for the New York Times Book Review and lives in New York City.

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Series

Works by Sarah Weinman

Associated Works

The Damsel(1967) — Foreword, some editions — 165 copies, 6 reviews

The Dame(1969) — Foreword, some editions — 128 copies, 6 reviews

Baltimore Noir(2006) — Contributor — 120 copies, 1 review

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Canonical name

Weinman, Sarah

Gender

female

Nationality

Canada (birth)

Birthplace

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Places of residence

New York, New York, USA

Education

John Jay College of Criminal Justice (MA)
McGill University (BSc|2000)

Occupations

journalist
editor
anthologist

Organizations

New York Times Book Review

Awards and honors

Crime Writers of Canada Award in Nonfiction (2019)
Arthur Ellis Award for Excellence in Crime Writing (2019)
Anthony Award for Best Nonfiction (2021)

Agent

David Patterson (St

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Sarah Weinman’s new book, The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World, tells the true story behind Vladimir Nabokov’s famous Lolita.

If you didn’t know Lolita was based on a true story, join the party. Weinman deftly tells the tale of Sally Horner, who has been forgotten to history. The outlines of Horner’s story, abducted at age 11 in 1948, fits the outlines of Lolita.

But Nabokov did not want anyone thinking he based his famous Lolita on a real case. As Weinman writes, “To admit he pilfered from a true story would be, in Nabokov’s mind, to take away from the power of his narrative. To diminish the authority of his own art.”

We had the chance to chat with Wienman about her book and what it’s like being a Jewish female crime writer today.

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Sarah Weinman

American journalist and crime fiction author

Sarah Weinman

Occupation	News editor, publishers marketplace
Notable works	Women Crime Writers Troubled Daughters Twisted Wives

Sarah Weinman is a journalist, editor, and crime fiction authority.^[1] She has most recently written The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World about the kidnapping and captivity of 11-year-old Florence Sally Horner by a serial child molester, a crime believed to have inspired Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita.^[2]^[3]^[4] The book received mostly positive reviews^[5] from NPR,^[6]The Los Angeles Times,^[7]The Washington Post,^[8] and The Boston Globe.^[9]

Early life and education

Weinman is a native of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where she graduated from Nepean High School.^[10] She later graduated from McGill University and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.^[11]