Draft:Jane Speed

Speed was born Jane Helen Krisher in Akron, Ohio, on January 4, 1920, the only child of William Chester Krisher and Helen E. Roush. Washburn, Elizabeth Fesseden (1986). [https://books.google.com/books?id=QmhVAAAAMAAJ&q=%22jane+krisher%22 Snively-Snavely: The Swiss Ancestors and American Descendants of Johann Jacob Schnebele (1659-1743) and Other Snivelys and Snavelys of Southeastern Pennsylvania]. Madison, WS: Gateway Press. p. 380. "Roush, Helen — b. Apr. 16, 1894; m. Dec. 29, 1916, William Krisher. Dau.: Jane Krisher (m. James Speed)" See also:

• [https://www.newspapers.com/image/150028833/?clipping_id=124196839 "Death Notices"]. Akron Beacon Journal. November 11, 1955. p. 65. Retrieved May 7, 2023. See also:
• [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oil-city-derrick-marriage-of-krisher/124196448/ "Marriage License Applications Filed"]. The Oil City Derrick. October 14, 1959. p. 14. Her first stage assignment of note came in the fall of 1935 at Akron's First Congregational Church, where she served as prompter and assistant to the director in a production of the British anti-war play Ashes of Victory.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/228478650/?clipping_id=91229853 "Miss Krisher Directs Play"]. The Akron Beacon Journal. October 31, 1935. p. 12. See also:
• [https://www.newspapers.com/image/972294531/?match=1&clipping_id=130732249 "'Ashes of Victory'; Performance. by Rawtenstall Unitarian Players; Excellent Christmas Production"]. The Ramsbottom Observer. 29 December 1933. p. 2. The following spring, she took part in an amateur radio program which concluded with a production of the three-act play, The Tinker.Geyer, Marion (April 16, 1936). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/228601410/?clipping_id=122951520 “Women of Church Assist Committee in Charge of Demonstration; Various Groups, Classes to Present Activities in Connection With Character Building Program for Young People”]. The Akron Beacon Journal. p. 46.Geyer, Marion (April 17, 1936). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/228601520/?clipping_id=103462589 “Annual All-Church Night Is Scheduled; Young People of West Congregational Open Program With Supper”]. The Akron Beacon Journal. p. 8.{{efn|This was almost certainly the then already widely performed three-act, religious play penned by the Ohio-born and educated Fred Eastman, longtime Professor of religious drama and literature at Chicago Theological Seminary.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/624656571/?clipping_id=94334066 "Obituary Notices"]. Progress-Bulletin. April 6, 1963. p. 10. See also:
• [https://www.newspapers.com/image/296111004/?clipping_id=156357091 "Free Lecture: Fred Eastman, L. D."]. The Marion Star. February 5, 1935. p. 4.
• [https://www.newspapers.com/image/977840132/?clipping_id=156356525 "Endeavor Group Will Present 'Tinker' Sunday"]. The Taylorville Daily Breeze. February 28, 1933. p. 21.
• [https://www.newspapers.com/image/314265588/?clipping_id=123288934 "'The Tinker', Fred Eastman's Great Christmas Play"]. Lincoln Journal Star. December 27, 1936. p. 23.

}} After graduating from Buchtel High School in 1937, Krisher attended first Ohio Wesleyan University, where she became a member of Theta Alpha Phi,"In the Colleges: Pupils Wed, With Honors, at Miami; Denison University; [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal/91232012/ Ohio Wesleyan"]. The Akron Beacon Journal. March 5, 1939. p. 20. and then Northwestern University's School of Speech, joining Alpha Gamma Delta and graduating in 1941 with a Bachelor of Science in Speech.Northwestern University (1941). [https://archive.org/details/annualcommenceme1941nort/mode/2up?q=%22jane+helen+krisher%22 Eighty-Third Annual Commencement]. p. 27. At Buchtel, she studied drama with Mrs. T. C. Laughlin,[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81948917/the-akron-beacon-journal/ "News of Akronites in College and High School: Cast in Two University Productions; Jane Krisher Has Roles in Northwestern Plays; Others Honored; Jane Krisher, Popular Dramatist"]. The Akron Beacon Journal. May 5, 1940. p. 54.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/228650532/?clipping_id=103462224 "Akron Monnett Club Gives Party Honoring High School, Wesleyan College Students"]. The Akron Beacon Journal. April 6, 1934. p. 18. and at Northwestern with Alvina Krause.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=91231750 "N.U. Amateurs Offer Play Thru Saturday"]. Chicago Sunday Tribune. July 21, 1940. p. 101. Krisher's collegiate résumé includes roles in Ayn Rand's Night of January 16th, Dion Boucicault's The Poor of New York.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91023062/the-akron-beacon-journal/ "In the Colleges"]. The Akron Beacon Journal. November 5, 1939. p. 21., Lenore Coffee's Family Portrait and H. L. Mencken's The Artist, as well as the female lead in Seumas O'Kelly's The Matchmakers.

Following her graduation and return to Akron, two of Krisher's original radio dramas aired locally, both of which she directed. She also continued to perform onstage, with Akron's Little Theater group.Gloss, Edward E. (October 25, 1941). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/147777785/?clipping_id=91712228 "Virtue Again is Rewarded in Third Act"]. The Akron Beacon Journal. p. 11. Subsequently, she worked as a copywriter and continuity writer at WFMJ in Youngstown, Ohio. It was there, in the fall of 1942, that Krisher met her soon-to-be husband, James Speed, a fellow WFMJ employee.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=81953757 "Studio Staff Members Wed"]. The Akron Beacon Journal. April 11, 1943. p. 23.

In 1946, following the birth of her first child and completion of her husband's military service, Speed relocated to New York City. On June 6, her radio drama "My Dear Aunt Caroline" aired on Elaine Sterne Carrington's anthology series showcasing new writers, Carrington Playhouse,[https://www.newspapers.com/image/66020928/?clipping_id=121468424 "Today's Radio Highlights"]. The Gazette and Daily. June 6, 1946. p. 18.Palmer, Zuma (June 7, 1946). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/683747398/?clipping_id=121464632 "Frank Morgan's New Role Good"]. Hollywood Citizen-News. p. 16. performed live at New York's Longacre Theatre under Perry Lafferty's direction and broadcast nationally on the Mutual Broadcasting System.{{Cite news|title="Queen of Soapers Asks: Does Radio Want New Writers?|author=Carrington, Elaine|date=January 8, 1947|work=Variety|page=110|quote=I am inordinately proud of many of our productions and of the roster of new writers who have been launched on their careers as a result of Playhouse productions under the direction of Perry Lafferty. There is Kenneth Greeberg, who wrote 'The Sparrow;' Winifred Wolfe, who wrote 'Portrait of a Girl'; Howard Rodman, who wrote 'Ride a Cock Horse'; Carolyn Darling, who wrote 'Enter Youth'; Jane Speed, who wrote 'My Dear Aunt Caroline'; and from a radio station in Hartford, Ralph Klein with his unusual and clever mystery stories.|id={{ProQuest|1285902690}}}} See also:

• {{Cite news|title=MBS to Try Scripts by Unknowns; New Dramatic 'Playhouse' Will Be Produced by Soap Serial Writer, Mrs. Carrington|author=|date=February 4, 1946|work=Broadcasting, Telecasting|page=9|quote=The show, to be called The Carrington Playhouse, will be broadcast Thursdays from 8 to 8:30 p.m., beginning Feb. 21. Mrs. Carrington will select the scripts and produce the shows. Perry Lafferty will be the director.|id={{ProQuest|1014888227}}}}
• {{Cite news|title=Inside Stuff––Radio|author=|date=February 27, 1946|work=Variety|page=44|quote="Carrington Playhouse," preeming over MBS last Thursday (21) brought to the Longacre theatre, N. Y., Mutual studio, something of a legit first-night atmosphere, what with prominent guests, et al.|id={{ProQuest|1285871269}}}} Recounting "the near tragedy brought about by the dominance by an older woman over a young girl,"Offineer, Bee (June 6, 1946). "Two Summer Shows Debut Tonight; [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=81739564 Reminders'"]. The Akron Beacon Journal. p. 16. Speed's narrative clearly anticipates the oppressive family relationships that would characterize her most popular mystery stories roughly 20 years later.

The next two scripts sold were "The Perfect Wife" and "A Hard Bargain" (broadcast on Family Theater and The Whistler,{{efn|Although initially purchased for Suspense, "A Hard Bargain" found its way to The Whistler when the former series expanded from a 30 to a 60-minute format.Ellett, [https://otrr.org/FILES/OTRRFlip/magViewer.html?idp=9269#divPDF/6 op. cit., p. 6]}}{{efn|The Whistler aired Speed's "A Hard Bargain" on its 'east of the Rockies'—i.e. Household Finance Corp.—edition only,[https://www.newspapers.com/image/683739550/?clipping_id=123375752 "Radio Roundup"]. Hollywood Citizen News. March 8, 1948. p. 22. while the rest of the country heard "What Makes a Murderer," a new production of the show's like-named 8/13/45 episode.[https://www.otrr.org/OTRRPedia/pedia.html?s=eps&term=What_Makes_a_Murderer "Episode Search: What_Makes_a_Murderer"]. OTRR.org.}} respectively), the former a gentle domestic comedy starring Spring Byington and Ralph Morgan,Palmer, Zuma (November 13, 1947). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=81738600 "Many Fingers in Comedy Mixing Bowl"]. Hollywood Citizen-News. p. 32.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=90978636 "Ralph Morgan Will Appear on 'Family Theater'"]. The Messenger (Belleville, Illinois). November 7, 1947. p. 5. the latter a noir-ish tale of one "small doubt, fed by growing uncertainty, grow[ing] into suspicion as lethal as poison."[https://www.newspapers.com/image/391458456/?clipping_id=120211554 "KGLO – CBS"]. Globe-Gazette. April 7, 1948. p. 2. A new production of "A Hard Bargain" aired more than 2½ years later on Murder by Experts,[https://www.newspapers.com/image/10903316/?clipping_id=121996287 "Succumbs"]. Janesville Daily Gazette. October 23, 1950. p. 12. Dave Kogan's and Robert Arthur's short-lived but twice-Edgar Award-winning series.Dunning, John (1998). [https://books.google.com/books?id=HqhoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA470 On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio]. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 470. {{ISBN|978-0-19-507678-3}}. See also:

• [https://www.newspapers.com/image/845579459/?clipping_id=135249805 "Murder by Experts Given the 'Edgar'"]. The Virginia-Pilot. May 14, 1950. pt. 4, pg. 2.
• [https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press/135249536/ "Writers Hail Mystery Shows"]. Detroit Free Press. May 23, 1951. p. 10.

"Farewell to Birdie McKeesler," Speed's tale of a severely typing-challenged office employee whose dismissal proves considerably easier said than done,Reed, Alan; Ohmart, Ben (2009). [https://books.google.com/books?id=_IQYBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA178 Yabba Dabba Doo!: The Alan Reed Story]. Albany, GA: BearManor Media. p. 178. {{ISBN|1-59393-313-4}}. was produced three times in five years, first in 1948 on Family Theater with June Haver,Von Pelt, Rita (October 14, 1948). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/397869026/?clipping_id=121589725 "Today in Radio: Screen Stars to Air Views; Murphy is Host"]. The Atlanta Constitution. p. 22.Palmer, Zuma (October 14, 1948). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=81737923 "Affect of Public Service Shows Can Not Be Measured"]. Hollywood Citizen-News, p. 28. then in 1950—with "McKeesler" changed to "McKeever"—on Skippy Hollywood Theatre, with Gloria Grahame,Hammerston, Claude (August 31, 1950). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81738352/the-ottawa-citizen/ "Radio Highlights: Rollicking Comedy"]. The Ottawa Citizen. p. 23. See also:

• Kirby, Walter (August 27, 1950). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/85368971/?clipping_id=126284175 "Better Radio Programs for the Week"]. Herald and Review. p. 42.
• [https://www.newspapers.com/image/396933350/?clipping_id=81737478 "Today's Radio Highlights"]. Wisconsin State Journal. August 31, 1950. p. 12.
• [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1950-08-31/ed-1/seq-70/#date1=1770&index=0&rows=20&words=Birdie+McKeever&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=%22birdie+mcKeever%22&y=6&x=17&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 "Highlights of Today's Programs: Radio Today"]. The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.). August 31, 1950. p. D-13.
• [http://www.jjonz.us/RadioLogs/pagesnfiles/logs_files/1950s/1950/50_08Aug/%5bn%5d50-08-31-(Thu).pdf "On the Radio"]. The New York Times. August 31, 1950. "10:30-11 - Hollywood Theatre: "Farewell to Birdie McKeever,' with Gloria Grahame - WCBS."

and, finally, adapted for television in 1953 on Your Jeweler's Showcase, starring Marilyn Erskine.[https://archive.org/details/rossreportstele37ross/page/n67/mode/2up?q=%22jane+Speed%22+%22farewell+to+Birdie+McKeever%22 "Tuesday, December 22 (Cont'd)"]. The Ross Reports on Television. December 21-27, 1953. p. 8. The latter production was frequently re-aired over the next decade;[https://www.newspapers.com/search/#query=%22farewell+to+birdie+mckeever%22&dr_year=1954-1964 "Search results for 'Farewell to Birdie McKeever' from 1955 to 1964"] at Newspapers.com. it was shown on KCOP-TV in Los Angeles as late as August 1966,[https://www.newspapers.com/article/independent/121525054/ "Television Log"]. Long Beach Independent. August 4, 1966. p. D-8. and, more than three years later, on ATV in Great Britain.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/881864411/?clipping_id=121524902 "Television and Radio"]. The Guardian Journal. September 9, 1969. p. 10. Moreover, the film was subsequently re-released by producer Stuart Reynolds and screened as a teaching tool addressing both workplace interaction and interpersonal communication in general.National Institute of Health (1960). [https://books.google.com/books?id=LbA1te52occC&dq=%22farewell+to+birdie%22&pg=PA30 Mental Health Motion Pictures: A Selective Guide, 1960, Volume 15]. Washington: United States Government Printing Office. pp. 30–31. See also:

• [https://archive.org/details/1959businesss1960creenmav20v21rich/page/n1257/mode/2up?q=%22farewell+to+birdie+mcKeever%22 "Films for Management: 16mm Sound Motion Pictures Available for Rental and Purchase"]. Business Screen Magazine. No. 7, Vol. 21. 1960. p. 55.
• This, Leslie E. (1961). [https://archive.org/details/lookingintoleade0000unse/page/178/mode/2up?q=%22farewell+to+birdie+mcKeever%22 Training Film Index: Films on Audio-visual Aids, Communication, Community Action and Citizen Responsibility, Human Behavior and Human Relations, Leadership, Sales Training, Supervision, Training Methodology]. Washington, D.C.: Leadership Resources. p. 20.
• National Science Foundation (1977). [https://books.google.com/books?id=iR_74IKhguQC&dq=%22farewell+to+birdie%22&pg=PA149 Continuing Education in Science and Engineering]. Washington, D.C.; U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 149.
• Conroy, Barbara (1983). [https://books.google.com/books?id=HwwBkZoKIXwC&q=%22farewell+to+birdie%22 Learning Packaged to Go: A Directory and Guide to Staff Development and Training Packages]. Phoenix, AZ: Onyx Press. p. 112. {{ISBN|0897740653}}.

[https://www.newspapers.com/image/367590687/?clipping_id=81749643 "Secretaries Will Meet Tuesday"]. The Baltimore Sun. September 9, 1960. p. 24. See also:

• [https://www.newspapers.com/image/15206114/?clipping_id=81749703 "Cradle Call: Golden Triangle NSA Sends Delegate to Trinity Seminar"]. The Daily News-Texan. November 30, 1961. p. 5.
• [https://www.newspapers.com/image/596363261/?clipping_id=121524253 "Where's the Action? Educational"]. Deseret News. October 21, 1966. p. 10. The remainder of Speed's produced output during this period includes four episodes of Armstrong's Theatre of TodayEllett, [https://otrr.org/FILES/OTRRFlip/magViewer.html?idp=9269#divPDF/7 op. cit., p. 6] and her adaptation of Richard Hughes' novel A High Wind in Jamaica, which aired on NBC University Theater.[https://www.newspapers.com/image/146864932/?clipping_id=139991868 "Audio and Video: Eisenhower Will Talk on Korea"]. The Akron Beacon Journal. September 4, 1950. p. 28.

On June 16, 1947, roughly five months prior to her second nationally broadcast radio drama (and the first one produced in Hollywood), Speed, together with veteran character actors Harry Davenport and Kathryn Card, was named by The Hollywood Reporter as a late addition to the cast of Warner Brothers' Mary Hagen (ultimately released as That Hagen Girl, starring Shirley Temple and Ronald Reagan).{{Cite news|title=Up-to-the-Minute Casting News|author=|date=June 16, 1947|work=The Hollywood Reporter|page=9|quote=Soledad Jiminez, Anne O'Neal, Nina Compana, 'Adventures of Black Bart,' U-I; Harry Davenport, Kathryn Card, Jane Speed, 'Mary Hagen,' Warners|id={{ProQuest|2322717854}}}}[https://catalog.afi.com/Person/588460-Jane-Speed Jane Speed filmography]. American Film Institute. Although whatever dialogue the film's shooting script may have assigned her character did not make it into the finished film, Speed's uncredited 14-second walk-on at the very beginning of a nightclub scene late in the film—as a cigarette girl emerging from a crowd of anonymous dancers and wending her way past seated diners towards the club's bar (tended by an uncredited Gino Corrado)—is clearly the focal point of a carefully designed traveling crane shot.snakeblskn (September 30, 2016). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ch7Cd3SXAw&t=136s "1947 swing dance/lindy hop clip"]. YouTube.[https://archive.org/details/TheHagenGirl34 That Hagen Girl] (1947; from 1:06:22 to 1:06:38) Internet Archive.{{efn|The party responsible for Speed's presence here is most likely the film's dialogue director, Herschel Daugherty, who, as of June 23, 1941, had been a longtime faculty member at the Pasadena Playhouse.[https://www.mediafire.com/view/02hu8ebbx774uld/ "Pasadena Playhouse Association: Playhouse Staff; Associate Directors"]. Playbill. July 23, 1941. p. 7. It was approximately one week later that Jane Krisher—who, as evidenced by her Northwestern résumé, was at that time at least as much focused on acting as on writing or directingDoran, Dorothy (December 20, 1941). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/147199073/?clipping_id=91711786 "Around the Dial"]. The Akron Beacon Journal. p. 8.—embarked with three fellow Northwestern graduates on a three-part California road trip, the first stop being Pasadena.Henrietta Jr. (June 25, 1941). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=91023080 "The Tattle-Tale....."]. The Akron Beacon Journal. p. 12.}}

In the wake of radio drama's demise in the early 1950s, Speed's roughly 25-year transition from stage to page concluded in March 1963 with the publication of "According to Plan," her professional mystery-writing debut, which thus became—by editor Frederic Dannay's reckoning—"the 247th 'first story' to be published by Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine."Dannay, Frederic, ed. (March 1963). [https://www.mediafire.com/view/z50aamd5r5hjk5j/ Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine]. p. 82. Almost without exception Speed's crime fiction, all of which debuted between 1963 and 1980, did so in EQMM, the sole outlier being "Poor Eva", which first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine in 1977.Speed, Jane (August 1977) [https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/PU/AHMM_1977_08.pdf#page=26 "Poor Eva"]. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. pp. 24–32. Her first two stories were included in Anthony Boucher's honor roll for detective fiction of 1963,Dannay, Frederic, editor: Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. September 1964.Boucher, Anthony (1964). [https://www.mediafire.com/view/g1a7uua77hrubmk Best Detective Fiction of the Year, 19th Annual Collection]. New York; E.P. Dutton. & Company. p. 284. as were her next three, in the 1964, '65 and '66 editions, respectively.Boucher, Anthony (1965). [https://www.mediafire.com/view/pkf99q9l61hiiwr/ Best Detective Fiction of the Year, 19th Annual Collection]. New York; E.P. Dutton. & Company. p. 271. See also:

• Boucher, Anthony (1966). [https://www.mediafire.com/view/jhoyowc3qqr2asa/ Best Detective Fiction of the Year, 19th Annual Collection]. New York; E.P. Dutton. & Company. p. 287.
• Boucher, Anthony (1967). [https://www.mediafire.com/view/5mktl497t9xixic/ Best Detective Fiction of the Year, 19th Annual Collection]. New York; E.P. Dutton. & Company. p. 284. Her 1969 story, "The Unhappening", was likewise honored by Boucher's successor Allen J. Hubin;Hubin, Allen J. (1970). [https://www.mediafire.com/view/5mktl497t9xixic/ Best Detective Fiction of the Year, 19th Annual Collection]. New York; E.P. Dutton. & Company. p. 284. in addition, it appeared the following year in Ellery Queen's Grand Slam (25th anniversary annual): 25 stories from 'Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'.Queen, Ellery (1970). [https://archive.org/details/elleryqueensgran0000unse/page/70/mode/2up?q=%22the+unhappening%22+%22jane+speed%22 Ellery Queen's Grand Slam (25th Anniversary Annual): 25 Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine]. New York: World Publishing. pp. 71–84. {{OCLC|39640801}}.

"The Freya of Fire Island", Speed's third published story, appeared in the September 1964 issue and shortly thereafter in Ellery Queen's 20th Anniversary Annual.[https://lccn.loc.gov/73222741 Ellery Queen's 20th anniversary annual; 20 stories from Ellery Queen's mystery magazine.]. Catalog.loc.gov. In his introduction, editor Fred Dannay—aka Ellery Queen—observed: "Her style gets firmer with each story, her insight deeper, her observation sharper."Dannay, Frederic, ed. (1965). [https://archive.org/details/elleryqueens20th00quee/page/246/mode/2up?q=%22jane+speed%22 Ellery Queen's 20th anniversary annual; 20 stories from 'Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine']. New York: Random House. p. 247. {{OCLC|54612}}. Regarding her 1966 novelette "Sounds in the Night", Dannay's introduction—entitled "Sui Generis"—notes that Speed's latest work "is not of the fast, grating, or slam-bang school. It chooses its own inherent speed, growing, growing... warmly human, sympathetically understanding, probing with the gentle touch of a highly skilled surgeon."Dannay, Frederic, ed. (September 1966). [https://www.mediafire.com/view/srvtejfg9ls2wey/ Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine]. p. 99. Six years later, Speed spelled out in verse her personal mystery preferences, chief among them being "to read not of dolls pulled about by plots, but of humans tied up in their self-made knots."Speed, Jane (June 1972). [https://www.mediafire.com/view/a4wfzccms393k56/ "Who-Dun-It"]. Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. p. 98.

"End of the Day" (EQMM, March 1965), described by Dannay as "a superb character study [of] a nervous, harassed mother of two [and] wife of a demanding, sarcastic, belittling husband,"Dannay, Frederic, ed. (March 1965). [https://www.mediafire.com/view/a4kzcsvb76br766 Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]. p. 84. "'End of the Day' [...] Jane Speed keeps improving with each new story [...] And now her fourth story: about a nervous, harassed mother of two small children, the wife of a demanding, sarcastic, belittling husband—a woman who desperately tries to cope with the tensions and pressures of everyday family problems ... a superb character study." appears to have created an immediate buzz; barely had the March issue hit the newsstands when Speed was contacted by noted mystery/suspense editor Joan Kahn in hopes of giving her employer Harper & Row the inside track on any upcoming novel.[https://www.mediafire.com/view/7aitkdy8xvw7i87/Private_correspondence%252C_Joan_Kahn%252C_February_5%252C_1965._.jpg/file "Private correspondence, Joan Kahn, February 5, 1965."] Mediafire. Although the novel never materialized, more than two decades later, Kahn did include another popular Speed story, "Fair's Fair",[https://www.mediafire.com/view/j53ncnmdnxuhvf8/ Letter seeking French rights to "Fair's Fair"]. See also:

• [https://www.mediafire.com/view/r7rlfbzkrv3dsgc/ Payment for Spanish rights to "Fair's Fair"]
• [https://www.mediafire.com/view/o1suaj68qt5t4oj/ Request & response re Swedish one-time reprint of "Fair's Fair"]
• [https://www.mediafire.com/view/xpzity827ofc8pt/ Payment for Danish reprint of "Fair's Fair"] in Ready or Not, Here Come Fourteen Frightening Stories, the last in Kahn's series of wide-ranging short fiction anthologies. Speed's entry was singled out by both School Library JournalYaakov, Juliet (1990). [https://archive.org/details/juniorhighschool00yaak/page/432/mode/2up Junior High School Library Catalog] {{ISBN|0-8242-0799-8}}. pp. 433–434 and McAllen Monitor critic Wanda Koeller, who writes, "'Fair's Fair' is my favorite. [...] The author does an excellent job of doing what a frightening story should do — keep you on the edge of your seat. [...] It is written very plainly by Jane Speed, but offers a complex and sinister message."Koeller, Wanda (May 15, 1988). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=61307282 "Scare Me Just a Little"]. The McAllen Monitor. p. 57. "'Fair's Fair' was my favorite. It is written very plainly by Jane Speed, but offers a complex and sinister message. [...] The Bellmans do not get along. As a way to pass time during his constant absence, Mrs. Bellman takes up feeding and tending the neighborhood cats. He hates having the cats around his house. One night, as she steps outside, Amy sees him kick one of the cats so hard it dies. [...] Mrs. Bellman's revenge is how the story got its name." More recently, Mystery.com's 2021 review of the February 1967 issue of EQMM awarded "Fair's Fair" 4 of 5 stars (as contrasted with another seven of the issue's 12 stories, which received 3 or fewer, and with the issue's overall score of 3.5).Lewis, Steve (December 10, 2021). [https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=77600 "Diary Review: ELLERY QUEEN’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE – February 1967."]. MysteryFile.com

Kahn and Dannay were not alone in their regard for Speed's work. For the 1977 edition of Best Detective Stories of the Year, Edward D. Hoch selected her story "View From the Inside".Contento, William G.; Greenberg, Martin H. (1991). Index to Crime and Mystery Anthologies. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall & Company. pp.  [https://archive.org/details/indextocrimemyst0000cont/page/562/mode/2up?q=%22jane+speed%22 562], [https://archive.org/details/indextocrimemyst0000cont/page/610/mode/2up?q=%22jane+speed%22 611], [https://archive.org/details/indextocrimemyst0000cont/page/616/mode/2up?q=%22jane+speed%22 616], [https://archive.org/details/indextocrimemyst0000cont/page/624/mode/2up?q=%22jane+speed%22 625], [https://archive.org/details/indextocrimemyst0000cont/page/624/mode/2up?q=%22jane+speed%22 660], [https://archive.org/details/indextocrimemyst0000cont/page/672/mode/2up?q=%22jane+speed%22 673], [https://archive.org/details/indextocrimemyst0000cont/page/678/mode/2up?q=%22jane+speed%22 679], [https://archive.org/details/indextocrimemyst0000cont/page/686/mode/2up?q=%22jane+speed%22 686]. {{ISBN|0-8161-8629-4}}. Five years later, two of her stories and three by Hoch appeared in Martin H. Greenberg's anthology Miniature Mysteries: 100 Malicious Little Mystery Stories. Reviewing that collection, the San Francisco Examiner Magazine singled out Speed, Hoch, and fellow contributors Kay Nolte Smith, Jack Ritchie, Francis M. Nevins and Helen McCloy as "some of the most respected names in the profession." Reviewing the same book, Kiplinger's Changing Times selected an almost entirely different group to represent the best of the best, yet likewise included Speed:

Included are works by some of the best writers in the field, such as Edward Wellen, Michael Gilbert, Lawrence Treat and Jane Speed.

In retrospect, "End of the Day" may be Speed's most enduring work; aside from numerous subsequent printings,[https://link.dallaslibrary.org/portal/With-malice-toward-all--an-anthology-of-mystery/mTPeTVIIbfs/ "With malice toward all : an anthology of mystery stories, by the Mystery Writers of America ; edited and with a foreword by Robert L. Fish"]. DallasLibrary.org.[https://www.mediafire.com/view/zbxf48us6sz877x/ Request for German one-time reprint rights for "End of the Day"]. See also:

• [https://www.mediafire.com/view/tdl55bjgw04dz1u/ Request for British one-time reprint rights for "End of the Day"]
• [https://www.mediafire.com/view/62o7w0n4xxqv3l7/ Request to reprint in German anthology DOLLY DOLITTLE'S CRIME CLUB 4]
• [https://www.mediafire.com/view/599gg1jcrhjueax/ Payment for use of "End of the Day" in 4th edition of German anthology DOLLY DOLITTLE'S CRIME CLUB 4][https://www.mediafire.com/view/p0rbaaff39y3zli/ Payment for Finnish rights for "Fair's Fair"]. it almost singlehandedly resurrected the author's previous career in the form of radio dramatizations and readings in South Africa, Italy, and, in Germany, by RAI Bozen, Radio Bremen and Sender Freies Berlin.Ellett, [https://www.otrr.org/FILES/Times_Archive_pdf/2023_03%20May-June.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2xYck_wlbfcauvcxJB3E8HfTvMLtjhecY8RCG7HD6lq1sBrvPqya5PEk4#page=6 op. cit., pp. 6–7] One production, starring Elisabeth Wiedemann and {{ill|Henning Schlüter|de|Henning Schlüter (Schauspieler)}}, debuted on July 3, 1976.[https://hoerspiele.dra.de/vollinfo.php?dukey=1444083&vi=1&SID "Jane Speed – Ende Des Tages"]. ARD®Hörspieldatenbank. In addition, a reading of Speed's "Poor Eva" was aired by SFB in 1979 and again in 1981.[https://www.mediafire.com/view/zylc4pusapbrxs6 "Poor Eva" produced and broadcast by SFB on Feb 2, 1979][https://www.mediafire.com/view/ghdhqclx9ib84t1 "Poor Eva" rebroadcast by SFB in 1981] In 2018, more than half a century after its publication, "End of the Day" was performed live for the benefit of Seattle Central Library patronsEllett, [https://otrr.org/FILES/OTRRFlip/magViewer.html?idp=9269#divPDF/7 op. cit., p. 7] (part of that library's longstanding program, "Thrilling Tales! A Story Time for Grownups"W. David (June 8, 2018). [https://shelftalkblog.wordpress.com/2018/06/08/dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark-thrilling-tales-just-for-you/ "Shelf Talk Blog: Don’t be afraid of the dark: Thrilling Tales just for you!"]. The Seattle Public Library. See also:
• Einbinder, Nicole (March 3, 2016). [https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/seattle-library-offers-suspenseful-story-time-just-for-grown-ups/ "Seattle library offers suspenseful story time just for grown-ups"]. Seattle Times.).

From April 1943 until her death in 1991, she was married to musician/computer programmer James Edward Speed, with whom she had three children.Ellett, [https://otrr.org/FILES/OTRRFlip/magViewer.html?idp=9269#divPDF/7 op. cit., p. 7] Following the appearance of her last published story in 1980, much of Speed's time was taken up in managing the affairs of her aging father in Akron and, following his death in 1988, successfully contesting a fraudulent will which, ironically, would have left her a considerably larger sum than did the actual document drawn up by her charitably inclined father almost a decade earlier.McBane, Richard (May 2, 1989). "Akron Heir Gives Up Largest Part of Fortune; Akron Man's Heir to Share Fortune. The Akron Beacon Journal. pp. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/157298704/?clipping_id=120120881 1], [https://www.newspapers.com/image/157299013/?clipping_id=81956426 5].

On March 5, 1991, Speed died of natural causes, survived by her husband and children, as well as her son-in-law, poet John Curl, and her granddaughter, Grammy-winning film and video producer Rachel Curl.[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/james-speed-obituary?id=35846980 "James Edward Speed"]. Legacy.com. September 28, 2009. See also:

• [https://www.grammy.com/artists/rachel-curl/1944 "Artist: Rachel Curl]. Grammy.com.
• [https://www.lbbonline.com/news/meet-your-makers-rachel-curl "Meet Your Makers: Rachel Curl"]. Little Black Book. March 25, 2021.

• "Blitzkrieg at McDougall's" aired September 19, 1941 on WJW-AMDoran, Dorothy (September 19, 1941). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=91230140 "Around the Dial: Top Radio Shows of Other Seasons Stay in Spotlight; Paragraphs: Jane Krisher, young scripter"]. The Akron Beacon Journal. p. 36.
• "Story Conference" aired October 3, 1941 on WAKR-AMDoran, Dorothy (October 2, 1941). [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81948997/the-akron-beacon-journal/ "Around the Dial: 'Mortimer Meek' Will Come Back in Weekly Show; Tonight's Toppers; Dot's Dashes; Local Cast"]. The Akron Beacon Journal. p. 32.
• "My Dear Aunt Caroline" aired June 6, 1946 on The Carrington Playhouse
• "The Perfect Wife" aired November 13, 1947 on Family Theater, hosted by Lizabeth Scott, featuring Spring Byington, Ralph Morgan, Florence Ravenel, Cynthia Corley, and Tyler McVey; directed by David Young, music by Max TerrOld Time Radio Researchers (March 7, 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jxZWArPanw&t=1687s "Family Theater - The Perfect Wife"]. YouTube.
• "A Hard Bargain" aired April 7, 1948 on The Whistler, on CBS;{{Cite news|title=Radio and Television|author=|date=April 7, 1948|work=The New York Herald Tribune|page=35|id={{ProQuest|1327269502}}}} directed by William N. Robson, music by Lud Gluskin
• "Farewell to Birdie McKeesler" aired October 14, 1948 on Family Theater, hosted by George Murphy, starring June Haver, Alan Reed, Charles Maxwell, Leo Cleary, Herb Butterfield, and Jo Graham; directed by David Young, music by Max TerrOld Time Radio Researchers (Mar 18, 2023 ). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6rHFzrzx64&t=1615s "Family Theater - Farewell to Birdie McKeesler"]. YouTube.
• "Dinner by Candlelight" aired April 2, 1949 on Armstrong's Theatre of Today
• "Second Best" aired March 4, 1950 on Armstrong's Theatre of Today, starring Teri Keane and Bill Quinn{{Cite news|title=Programs on the Air: Afternoon|author=|date=March 4, 1950|work=The New York Times|page=28|quote=12:00-WNBC–News, Charles F. McCarthy; WOR–Man on the Farm; WJZ–Home Gardener–Phil Alampi; WCBS–Theatre of Today: Second Best, With Teri Keane, Bill Quinn|id={{ProQuest|111495408}}}}
• "Good Old Annie" aired May 6, 1950 on Armstrong's Theatre of Today, starring Grace Matthews{{Cite news|title=On the Radio: Afternoon|author=|date=May 6, 1950|work=The New York Times|page=30|quote=12:00-WNBC–News, Charles F. McCarthy; WOR–Man on the Farm; WJZ–Home Gardener–Phil Alampi; WCBS–Theatre of Today: Good Old Annie, with Grace Matthews|id={{ProQuest|111374099}}}}
• "A High Wind in Jamaica" aired August 20, 1950 on NBC University Theater, narrated by Ramsay Hill, starring Anne Whitfield, John Ramsay-Hill, Dawn Bender, Henry Blair, Jeanine Ann Roose, Alma Lawton, John Dodsworth, Herbert Rawlinson, Stanley Farrar, Ben Wright, Norma Varden, Charles Davis and Felix Nelson; directed by Andrew C. Love[https://www.newspapers.com/image/450044689/?clipping_id=120016783 "Sunday's Radio Features"]. New York Daily News. August 20, 1950. p. 31C.Dennis Morrison (Mar 31, 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReqJBAAwVKw&t=3447s "A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA - NBC UNIVERSITY RADIO THEATER!!!!!"]. YouTube.
• "Farewell to Birdie McKeever" aired August 31, 1950 on Hollywood Theatre, starring Gloria Grahame, Herbert Rawlinson, Herb Butterfield, Dan O'Herlihy, Fred Howard and Madelon Mitchel; music by Del Castillo; produced and directed by Les Mitchel.
• "A Hard Bargain" aired October 23, 1950 on Murder by Experts, produced and directed by Robert A. Arthur & David Kogan, hosted by Brett Halliday{{Cite news|title=Radio and Television: Radio Program Notes|author=|date=October 23, 1950|work=New York Herald Tribune|page=27|quote=Crime Fighters: 'Headquarters Homicide,' WOR, 8:30
  Murder by Experts: 'A Hard Bargain,' WOR, 9
  Jussi Bjoerling, tenor, sings with Don Voorhees' orchestra, WNBC, 9|id={{ProQuest|1327426254}}}}
• "A Wonderful Guy" aired January 20, 1951 on Armstrong's Theatre of Today, starring Vinton Hayworth and Joan Alexander{{Cite news|title=On the Radio: Afternoon|author=|date=May 6, 1950|work=The New York Times|page=15|quote=12:00-WNBC–News Reports; WOR–Man on the Farm; WJZ–101 Ranch Boys–Western Variety; WCBS–Theatre of Today: A Wonderful Guy, with Vinton Hayworth and Joan Alexander|id={{ProQuest|112031238}}}}

• "Farewell to Birdie McKeever" aired December 22, 1953 on Your Jeweler's Showcase (starring Marilyn Erskine, Paul Harvey, Lloyd Corrigan, Richard Gaines, Robert Shayne, Gerry Pattison, and Joy Lansing; directed by Jean Yarbrough)

Except where otherwise indicated, information is derived from [http://www.philsp.com/index.html Galactic Central].[http://www.philsp.com/homeville/cfi/n00746.htm#A15 "The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index: Speed, Jane (fl. 1960s-1980s) (chron.)"]. Galactic Central.

• "According to Plan" in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (March 1963)
• [https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/PU/EQMM_1963_12.pdf#page=44 "The Listening Game"] in EQMM (December 1963)
• [https://archive.org/details/elleryqueens20th00quee/page/246/mode/2up "The Freya of Fire Island"] in EQMM (September 1964), reprinted in Ellery Queen's 20th Anniversary Annual (New York, Random House, 1965), edited by Ellery Queen
• [https://archive.org/details/withmalicetoward0000unse_m2g9/page/144/mode/2up?q=%22end+of+the+day%22+%22jane+speed%22 "End of the Day"] in EQMM (March 1965), reprinted in With Malice Towards All (New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1968), edited by Robert Fish
• [https://archive.org/details/ellery-queens-mystery-magazine-v-47-n-04-1966-04/page/86/mode/2up?q=%22jane+speed%22+%22as+the+wheel+turns%22 "As the Wheel Turns"] in EQMM (April 1966), [https://archive.org/details/100maliciouslitt00asim/page/182/mode/2up?q=%22Jane+Speed%22 reprinted] in [http://www.worldcat.org/title/miniature-mysteries-100-malicious-little-mystery-stories/oclc/7197020/editions?referer=di&editionsView=true Miniature Mysteries: 100 Malicious Little Mystery Stories] (New York, Taplinger, 1981, 1992), edited by Martin Greenberg, reprinted in Hayakawa's Mystery Magazine (November 1982)[https://ameqlist.com/sfs/speed.htm "Jane Speed, U.S.A., Author's List"]. Ameqlist.com.
• "Sounds in the Night" in EQMM (September 1966), reprinted in [http://www.philsp.com/data/images/e/ellery_queens_anthology_1972spr-sum.jpg Ellery Queen's Mystery Anthology] (Spring-Summer 1972, Volume 23), edited by Ellery Queen
• [https://archive.org/details/alfredhitchcockp0000hitc_m3j0/page/384/mode/2up?q=%22fair%27s+fair%22 "Fair's Fair"] in EQMM (February 1967), reprinted in Hayakawa's Mystery Magazine (June 1967), in [https://archive.org/details/alfredhitchcockp0000hitc_m3j0/page/384/mode/2up?q=%22fair%27s+fair%22 Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Stay Awake By] (New York, Random House,1971), [https://the.hitchcock.zone/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents:_Stories_to_Stay_Awake_By_(book) Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More Stories to Stay Awake By] (New York, Dell Publishing Company, 1973), [http://www.worldcat.org/title/slender-thread-an-anthology-of-short-stories/oclc/173746209&referer=brief_results A Slender Thread: An anthology of short stories] (Melbourne, Thomas Nelson, 1987), edited by Brian Keyte and Richard Baines, [https://archive.org/details/readyornothereco00kahn/page/137/mode/2up?q=%22Fair%27s+Fair%22 Ready or Not, Here Come Fourteen Frightening Stories! A collection of fourteen unsettling tales by a variety of authors] (New York, Greenwillow Books, 1987), edited by Joan Kahn
• [https://archive.org/details/elleryqueensgran0000unse/page/70/mode/2up?q=%22the+unhappening%22+%22jane+speed%22 "The Unhappening"] in EQMM (March 1969), reprinted in Hayakawa's Mystery Magazine (December 1969), [http://www.worldcat.org/title/ellery-queens-grand-slam-25-stories-from-ellery-queens-mystery-magazine/oclc/101755&referer=brief_results Ellery Queen's Grand Slam: 25th anniversary annual; 25 stories from 'Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'] (New York; World Pub. Co.; 1970), edited by Ellery Queen,[http://georgekelley.org/test-2/ "FORGOTTEN BOOKS #544: ELLERY QUEEN’S GRAND SLAM: 25TH ANNUAL MYSTERY ANTHOLOGY Edited by Ellery Queen"]. GeorgeKelley.org. Retrieved May 8, 2023. and in Alt for Damerne in 1977[https://www.mediafire.com/view/lriwe4bg1j8lrzm "Alt for Damerne payment for serial use of 'The Unhappening'; April 1977"]. Mediafire.
• "The Events Between" in EQMM (June 1972)
• [https://www.mediafire.com/view/5shpcwr2gzncl98/Ellery_Queen_Mystery_Magazine._June_1972._p._98._.jpg/file "Who-Dun-It"] in EQMM (June 1972) (verse)
• "Just Another Friday" in EQMM (May 1974)
• [https://archive.org/details/100maliciouslitt00asim/page/216/mode/2up?q=%22Jane+Speed%22 "Recipe for Revenge"] in EQMM (October 1974), reprinted in Miniature Mysteries: 100 Malicious Little Mystery Stories (New York, Taplinger, 1981, 1992), edited by Martin Greenberg
• "A Shock of Recognition" in EQMM (April 1976), reprinted in Kvinner og Klær in 1978[https://www.mediafire.com/view/5kqsnc19pppoawy "Kvinner og Klær payment for use of 'A Shock of Recognition'"]. Mediafire.
• [https://archive.org/details/bestdetectivesto00edwa_0/page/96/mode/2up?q=%22view+from+the+inside%22 "View from the Inside"] in EQMM (August 1976), reprinted in Best Detective Stories of the Year, 1977: 31st annual collection (New York, E.P. Dutton, 1977), edited by Edward D. Hoch, and in The Australian Women's Weekly (November 1, 1978)Speed, Jane (November 1, 1978). [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/57839045 "View from the Inside"]. The Australian Women's Weekly. pp. 147–159
• [https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/PU/AHMM_1977_08.pdf#page=26 "Poor Eva"] in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (August 1977), pp. 24–32[https://archive.org/details/jack-ritchie-1922-1983/Canvas%20Caper%2C%20The/mode/2up?q=%22jane+speed%22+%22poor+eva%22 "Contents"]. Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. August 1977. p. 3.
• "Further Instructions 9 P.M." in EQMM (August 1979)
• [https://online.updf.com/pdf/share?shareId=f66f112b-9fbe-48c1-9b5c-27a8d929abcb "A Lady of Refinement"] in EQMM (December 1980)

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• [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91159518/the-akron-beacon-journal/ "Enter College"]. Akron Beacon Journal. September 9, 1937. p. 14.
• [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91241934/the-akron-beacon-journal/ "Students: Miss Springer, Miss Allison, Miss Wade, Miss Krisher"]. The Akron Beacon Journal. April 5, 1939. p. 12
• [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81949060/the-akron-beacon-journal/ "Here's Who's Who in Weathervane Group"]. The Akron Beacon Journal. September 24, 1941. p. 13
• Offiner, Bee (December 8, 1946). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=91352942 "Around the Dial: Students Reject 'Superman'; Opinions Disagree with Association; Bee's Bits"]. The Akron Beacon Journal. p. 10—B
• Speed, Jane (November 1, 1978). [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/57839045 "View from the Inside"]. The Australian Women's Weekly. pp. 147–159

• The Library of Congress Copyright Office (1942). [https://books.google.com/books?id=IzZhAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Jane+krisher%22&pg=PA94 Catalog of Copyright Entries: Part 1, Group 3, Dramatic Compositions and Motion Pictures; New Series, Volume 14 for the Year 1941, Nos. 1 – 12]

• [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5098823/ Jane Speed] at IMDb
• [https://www.otrr.org/OTRRPedia/pedia.html?s=per&id=51609&t=1 Jane Speed] at OTRR.org
• [https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=kZ6AqqVZwv4NYEHxWC7xmlBAuuMhskfi12Jk Jane Speed Radio Scripts] at pCloud.com
• [http://www.philsp.com/homeville/cfi/n00743.htm#A90 Jane Speed] at [http://www.philsp.com Galactic Central]
• [https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?127737 Jane Speed] at ISFDB
• [http://www.chpr.at/stories/s/speedjas.htm Jane Speed - Stories] at [http://www.chpr.at/sfstorye.html Bibliography of German Science Fiction Stories and Books]

• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jxZWArPanw Family Theater – "The Perfect Wife"] at YouTube
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6rHFzrzx64 Family Theater – "Farewell to Birdie McKeesler"] at YouTube
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReqJBAAwVKw NBC University Theater – "A High Wind in Jamaica"] at YouTube
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGEp-RsMG-w Skippy Hollywood Theatre – "Farewell to Birdie McKeever"] at YouTube

• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ch7Cd3SXAw&t=136s "1947 swing dance/lindy hop clip (from That Hagen Girl)"] at YouTube.
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_B3BFsCsIs Your Jeweler's Showcase – "Farewell to Birdie McKeever"] at YouTube.

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