Tart Noir is a branch of crime fiction characterized by strong, independent female detectives, often with a degree of sexuality involved, sometimes featuring a murderer as protagonist and told in the first person. It was labeled and effectively created as a genre in the 1990s by four writers, Sparkle Hayter, Lauren Henderson, Katy Munger and Stella Duffy, some of whom have since collaborated on book signings and other events to promote the genre, including a website called Tartcity.com.
Facts
Notable ExampleTart Noir, 2002 anthology edited by Stella Duffy and Lauren Henderson 1 Connections
Sources
1. Tart Noir (Wikipedia)
Anthology
was commissioned in 2002 by Stella Duffy and Lauren Henderson
In Group: Detective and Crime Fiction Subgenres, Lead section
Tart Noir is a branch of crime fiction that is characterized by strong, independent female detectives with an amount of sexuality often involved.
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