T.C. Van Adler

[Jim Holstine]

T.C. Van Adler is the author of a mystery called St. Agatha's Breast. One
of my library patrons said the book says this name is a pseudonym. Anyone
know who T.C. Van Adler really is? Thanks.

Lesa Holstine
jim...@peganet.com
Ft. Myers, FL

[Donna Goldthwaite]

Greetings,

Lesa asked:

>T.C. Van Adler is the author of a mystery called St. Agatha's Breast. One
>of my library patrons said the book says this name is a pseudonym. Anyone
>know who T.C. Van Adler really is? Thanks.
>

Both the New York Times Book Review (2/21/99) and Publishers Weekly
(12/21/98) reviews indicate that T. C. Adler is a pseudonym and according
to the publisher (St. Martin's) the author "works for the Roman Catholic
Church." Stasio at the N.Y. Times didn't even know if the author was male
or female. No further information forthcoming, and St. Martin's web page is
under construction. There is no entry in Contemporary Authors yet, nor was
there anything at the Library of Congress or at the Copyright office.

It is a mystery! Anybody else?

Mango,

aka Donna Goldthwaite
dg...@javanet.com

[Chris Mueller]

---Donna Goldthwaite <dg...@javanet.com> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
> Lesa asked:
<snip>

> >Anyone know who T.C. Van Adler really is? Thanks.
> Both the New York Times Book Review (2/21/99) and Publishers
Weekly (12/21/98) reviews indicate that T. C. Adler is a pseudonym and
according to the publisher (St. Martin's) the author "works for the
Roman Catholic Church."

<snip>

>nor was there anything at the Library of Congress

<snip>

> It is a mystery! Anybody else?
>
> Mango,
>
> aka Donna Goldthwaite
> dg...@javanet.com
>

Donna, Lesa and others who savor unmasking the name
behind the pseudonymn,

The Library of Congress has cataloged the Van Adler
title and created a "Name Authority Record" for the
author, but does not indicate that they are aware
that the name is/might be a pseudonym!

For the curious, below are portions of the 'electronic'
record for Van Adler's 'name' and his/her book.

(1) Name Authority Record; DLC=Library of Congress

040 $aDLC$cDLC
100 10$aVan Adler, T. C.
670 $aSt. Agatha's breast, 1999:$bCIP t.p. (T.C. Van Adler)
pub. info. (works for Roman Catholic Church)

(2) Book record created by LoC on April 2 1999

005 19990402130915.8
050 00$aPS3572.A4136$bS7 1999
100 1 $aVan Adler, T. C.
245 10$aSt. Agatha's breast /$cT.C. Van Adler.
246 3 $aSaint Agatha's breast
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c1999.
300 $a292 p. ;$c22 cm.
600 10$aPoussin, Nicolas,$d1594?-1665$xAppreciation$vFiction.
650 0$aArt thefts$zItaly$vFiction.
655 7$aDetective and mystery stories.$2gsafd

Annie Laurance Darling
a/k/a Chris Mueller
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Christine Mueller, Visiting Assistant Professor
Ibero Catalog Librarian, Zimmerman Library
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM 87131-1496
phone: (505) 277-8391 fax: (505) 277-6019
email: cmue...@unm.edu or cmue...@rocketmail.com
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