{"product_id":"women-writers-buried-in-virginia-9781467150668","title":"Women Writers Buried in Virginia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerica has an array of women writers who have made history--and many of them lived, died and were buried in Virginia.(\/\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGothic novelists, writers of Westerns and African American poets, these writers include a Pulitzer Prize winner, the first woman writer to be named Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the first woman to top the best-seller lists in the twentieth century. Mary Roberts Rinehart was a bestselling mystery author often called the American Agatha Christie. Anne Spencer was an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance. V. C. Andrews was so popular that when she died a court ruled that her name was taxable, and the poetry of Susan Archer Talley Weiss received praise from Edgar Allan Poe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor and cemetery history enthusiast Sharon Pajka has written a guide to their accomplishments in life and to their final resting places.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePajka, Sharon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sharon Pajka, PhD, is a professor of English at Gallaudet University. She is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, Gallaudet University and the University of Virginia. She has a certificate in public history from the University of Richmond. On the weekends, find her in the cemetery giving history tours or volunteering, as well as running River City Cemetarians.","brand":"History Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52103666630930,"sku":"9781467150668","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ca18fc27-2d53-4c11-8563-66dcd32f8784.jpg?v=1773152612","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/women-writers-buried-in-virginia-9781467150668","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}