Anita Blake Gets a Nod on NPR's Talk of the Nation

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Author Christopher Rice (son of Anne Rice) recently published a short, sharp piece on The Daily Beast, entitled "Why Crime Novelists Don't Get Women"--not as in why they can't get women to date them, of course, but why they don't seem to get into the heads of female characters, relying instead on tired stereotypes. In the essay, Rice listed four overused types of female characters in crime novels: The Cop's Wife Who Just Doesn't Get It, The Babe Assassin, The Ice Queen Bureaucrat, and the Token Lesbian Cop; the full description of these "types" are under the first link.

Today on NPR's "Talk of the Nation," Rice talked about the list in a little more detail and took some questions from callers. The very first caller mentioned Our Gal Anita.

( I'll transcribe the parts that are relevant to our interests. )

The full interview with Rice can be heard here. The discussion of Anita Blake starts at 6:35. (Clip may only be available for short time.)